Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1893, Sept. 16 | Born, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1917 | M.D., University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Married Cornelia Demeny (divorced 1941) |
| 1919 | Researcher, Pharmacology Institute, Elizabeth University, Pozsony, Hungary, and studies in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Berlin, Germany |
| 1920 | Institute for Tropical Hygiene, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1921-1922 | Researcher, Pharmacology Institute, University of Leiden, Leiden, Holland |
| 1922-1926 | Assistant to the professor of physiology, Laboratory of Physiology, University of Groningen, Gronigen, Holland |
| 1927 | Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England |
| 1927-1930 | Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, Biochemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England |
| 1930 | Researcher, Division of Chemistry, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn. |
| 1931-1945 | Professor of Medical Chemistry, Institute of Medical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary |
| 1937 | Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for isolation and synthesis of vitamin C |
| 1941 | Married Marta Borbiro (died 1963) |
| 1945-1947 | Institute of Biochemistry, University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1947 | Emigrated to the United States |
| 1947-1973 | Director of Research, Institute for Muscle Research, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. |
| 1954 | Lasker Award, American Heart Association |
| 1973-1986 | Scientific Director, National Foundation for Cancer Research, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. |
| 1980 | Award of the International Society for Quantum Chemistry |
| 1986, Oct. 22 | Died, Woods Hole, Mass. |