Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1927
Number:95 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name:Christiaan E Eijkman
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1858
Year, Death:1930
Profession:prof hygiene
University:Utrecht University
City:Utrecht
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929
 
Motivation:Foundation of the field of vitamin research, especially through the discovery of polyneuritis gallinarum and work on beri-beri.
 
Nominator:
Name:Jacob M Baart de la Faille
Profession:prof social medicine
University:Utrecht University
City:Utrecht
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)