The Cori's son, Thomas, donated his parents Nobel Prize medals to the University of Washington School of Medicine where they are on display in the Becker Medical Library
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Carl Ferdinand Cori
Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was an Austrian-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how the glucose derivative glycogen is broken down and resynthesized in the body for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004, both Coris were designated a National Historic…
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science · Austrian-American Nobel prize laureate and scientist · biochemist · physician · chemist · researcher · pharmacologist · also Carl Ferdinand Cori, Carl Cori, Cori
Born 5 December 1896 · Died 20 October 1984 · Q78501
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2004· 1 entry
Both Coris were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism
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1984· 1 entry
Died 1984-10-20.
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1976· 1 entry
Carl received the Laurea honoris causa in Medicine from the University of Trieste
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Granada (1967).
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1959).
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1957· 1 entry
And Carl married Anne Fitzgerald-Jones (1909-2006) in 1960
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1955· 1 entry
Won Banting Medal (1955).
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded Silliman Memorial Lectures (1952).
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1950· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1950).
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1948· 1 entry
Awarded Willard Gibbs Award (1948).
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1947· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1947).
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Making them the third ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize
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For their discovery of how the glucose derivative glycogen (animal starch) is broken down and resynthesized in the body for use as a store and source of energy
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1946· 2 entries
Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1946).
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And in 1959, the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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1940· 1 entry
A member of the American Philosophical Society in 1947, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1950
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1931· 1 entry
Carl accepted a position at the Washington University School of Medicine in St
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1928· 1 entry
Became naturalized citizens of the United States
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1896· 2 entries
Born 1896-12-05.
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In Prague, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic)
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