Artturi Ilmari Virtanen - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1945
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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1945
for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method
Citizenship
Grand Duchy of Finland Grand Duchy of Finland Finland Finland
Languages
Finnish
date of birth
1/15/1895
place of birth
Helsinki
date of death
11/11/1973
place of death
Helsinki
Lived
78 years
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1969
  • Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
educated at
  • University of Helsinki
  • Imperial Alexander University
  • University of Zurich
  • Stockholm University
  • Viborgs klassiska lyceum
employer
  • Valio
field of work
  • biochemistry
occupation
  • inventor
  • chemist
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
  • agronomist
position held
  • docent
  • professor
work location
  • Helsinki
  • Vyborg
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