Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1928
Number:137 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:George Barger
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1878
Year, Death:1939
Profession:prof medical chemistry
City:Edinburgh
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Charles R Harington
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1897
Year, Death:1972
Profession:MD
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Edward C Kendall
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1886
Year, Death:1972
Profession:head, biochemistry dept
University:Mayo Clinic
City:Rochester
State:MN
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950
 
Motivation:E. Kendall: The isolation and chemical identification of thyroxin, the essential constituent of the thyroid gland. G. Barger and C. Harington: large-scale synthetic production of thyroxine; also modified Kendall´s original chemical description of thyroxine.
 
Nominator:
Name:John Sjöqvist
Gender:M
Profession:prof chemistry and pharmacy
University:Karolinska Institutet
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)