Paul Gyorgy

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Name Paul Gyorgy		Role Nutritionist

Died March 1, 1976, Morristown, New Jersey, United States Awards National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

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Paul Gyorgy (April 7, 1893 – March 1, 1976) was a Hungarian-born American nutritionist and pediatrician, a recipient of the National Medal of Science, best known for his discovery of three vitamins: riboflavin, vitamin B₆, and biotin. The citation that President Gerald Ford gave Gyorgy with the National Medal of Science read: "For his discovery of three vitamins and related research that have greatly improved human nutrition". Gyorgy was Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He was also Chief of Pediatrics at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Chief of Pediatrics at Philadelphia General Hospital.

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1893: born in Nagyvarad (currently Oradea), Hungary on April 7

1915: M.D., the University of Budapest Medical School

1920: assistant professor, the University of Heidelberg

1927: full professor, the University of Heidelberg

1933-1935: joined the Nutrition Laboratory of Cambridge University in England

1934: discovered vitamin B₆

1935: a Visiting Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, the Western Reserve University in Cleveland

1937: associate Professor at the medical school, the Western Reserve University in Cleveland

1944: an Associate Research Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

1946: promoted to Professor

1950-1957: Chief of Pediatrics at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

1957-1963: Chief of Pediatrics at Philadelphia General Hospital from 1957-63

1963: Professor Emeritus

1976: died on March 1 at Morristown (N. J.) Memorial Hospital

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