Died 1930-11-05.
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Christiaan Eijkman
Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins.
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Born 11 August 1858 · Died 5 November 1930 · Q107609
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1930· 1 entry
1929· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1929).
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1923· 1 entry
Awarded John Scott Award (1923).
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1912· 1 entry
Career landmark: rector of Utrecht University (1912–1913).
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1907· 1 entry
Eijkman was appointed Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, after having been Correspondent since 1895
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1887· 1 entry
Pekelharing and Winkler were recalled, but before their departure Pekelharing proposed to the Governor General that the laboratory which had been temporarily set up for the Commission in the Military Hospital in Batavia
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1885· 1 entry
Had to return to Europe on sick-leave
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1883· 2 entries
Before his departure to the Indies, Eijkman married Aaltje Wigeri van Edema, who died in 1886
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Eijkman left the Netherlands for The Dutch East Indies, where he was made medical officer of health, first in Semarang, then later at Tjilatjap, a small village on the south coast of Java, and at Padang Sidempoean in Nor
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1875· 1 entry
After taking his preliminary examinations, Eijkman became a student at the Military Medical School of the University of Amsterdam, where he was trained as a medical officer for the Netherlands Indies Army, passing throug
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1859· 1 entry
The Eijkman family moved to Zaandam, where his father was appointed head of a newly founded school for advanced elementary education
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1858· 1 entry
Born 1858-08-11.
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