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English biochemist (1861–1947)

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Sir Frederick Gowland HopkinsOM FRS^[2] (20 June 1861 – 16 May 1947) was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins.

He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901. He was President of the Royal Society from 1930 to 1935.^[3]

Education and early life

Hopkins was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, and initially attended the City of London School.

However, he soon transferred to Alexandra Park College in Hornsey^[4] and completed his further study with the University of London External Programme (through evening classes at Birkbeck