Richard Kuhn:
Richard Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist and Nobel laureate.
Birth:
December 3, 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Death:
August 1, 1967 in Heidelberg, West Germany
Claim to Fame:
Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist who was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into carotenoids and vitamins. Carotenoids are the organic pigments in plant cells or created by algae or bacteria. Kuhn discovered, purified and determined the composition of eight of these compounds and purified them. He also isolated vitamins B6 and B12.
