Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM PRS FRS
(1861-1947)

Died aged c. 86

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM PRS (20 June 1861 – 16 May 1947) was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins, even though Casimir Funk, a Polish biochemist, is widely credited with discovering vitamins. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901. He was President of the Royal Society from 1930 to 1935.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS pioneer biochemist, Nobel Laureate lived here 1911-1947

71 Grange Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom where they lived

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins 1861-1947 Biochemist Nobel Prize Winner 1929 Lived in this house 1878/1898

Lilburn Lodge,50A The Ridgeway, Enfield, United Kingdom where they lived (1878-1898)