Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
Year: | 1919 |
Number: | 83 - 1 |
Nominee 1: |
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Name: | Joseph Barcroft |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | lecturer physiology |
University: | University of Cambridge |
City: | Cambridge |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
Nominee 2: |
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Name: | Francis G Benedict |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | head |
University: | Carnegie Institution, Nutrition Laboratory |
City: | Boston |
State: | MA |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Nominee 3: |
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Name: | August S Krogh |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1874 |
Year, Death: | 1949 |
Profession: | prof zoophysiology |
University: | University of Copenhagen |
City: | Copenhagen |
Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1920 | |
Motivation: | Barcroft: Work on the oxygen affinity of hemoglobin and on the role played by different organs in metabolism. Benedict: Work on metabolism. Krogh: Work on respiratory methods, gas exchange in the lungs, minute volume of the heart, micro gas analysis and the effect of abnormal nutritional conditions on metabolism. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Nathan Zuntz |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | prof zoophysiology |
University: | Berlin |
City: | Berlin |
Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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