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Carl Ferdinand Cori

1896 - 1984

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Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS (December 5, 1896 – October 20, 1984) was a Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how the glucose derivative glycogen (animal starch) is broken down and resynthesized in the body for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004, both Coris were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Ferdinand Cori is the 119th most popular chemist (down from 99th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Czechia (up from 69th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Carl Ferdinand Cori ranks 119 out of 602. Before him are Melvin Calvin, Avram Hershko, Claude Louis Berthollet, Gilbert N. Lewis, Michael Levitt, and Lars Onsager. After him are Edward W. Morley, William Crookes, George Porter, Richard Kuhn, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, and S. P. L. Sørensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Carl Ferdinand Cori ranks 21. Before him are Robert S. Mulliken, Klement Gottwald, Trygve Lie, Andrei Zhdanov, Paula Hitler, and Milena Jesenská. After him are Felix Steiner, Dziga Vertov, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Howard Hawks, A. J. Cronin, and Eugenio Montale. Among people deceased in 1984, Carl Ferdinand Cori ranks 17. Before him are Tigran Petrosian, Mohamed Naguib, Mikhail Sholokhov, Julio Cortázar, Johnny Weissmuller, and Stanislaw Ulam. After him are Ed Gein, Martin Ryle, Pyotr Kapitsa, Vicente Aleixandre, Ahmed Sékou Touré, and Martin Niemöller.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Carl Ferdinand Cori ranks 61 out of 1,200. Before him are Adalbert of Prague (955), Antonín Panenka (1948), George of Poděbrady (1420), Milena Jesenská (1896), Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851), and Josef Masopust (1931). After him are Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), Karl Renner (1870), and Ludvík Svoboda (1895).

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Among CHEMISTS In Czechia

Among chemists born in Czechia, Carl Ferdinand Cori ranks 2. Before him are Gerty Cori (1896). After him are Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821), Franz von Soxhlet (1848), Otto Wichterle (1913), Hans Tropsch (1889), Zdenko Hans Skraup (1850), and Jiří Drahoš (1949).

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