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Edward Adelbert Doisy

1893 - 1986

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Edward Adelbert Doisy (November 13, 1893 – October 23, 1986) was an American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 with Henrik Dam for their discovery of vitamin K (K from "Koagulations-Vitamin" in German) and its chemical structure. Doisy was born in Hume, Illinois, on November 13, 1893. He completed his A.B. degree in 1914 and his M.S. degree in 1916 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Adelbert Doisy is the 94th most popular chemist (down from 89th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from United States (up from 593rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Chemist.

Edward Adelbert Doisy was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1943 for his work on vitamin K and its role in blood clotting.

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Among chemists, Edward Adelbert Doisy ranks 94 out of 602. Before him are J. D. Bernal, Ernst Otto Fischer, Thomas Midgley Jr., Theodor Svedberg, Valery Legasov, and M. Stanley Whittingham. After him are Heinrich Otto Wieland, Theodore William Richards, William Howard Stein, Arne Tiselius, Stanford Moore, and Konrad Emil Bloch.

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Among people born in 1893, Edward Adelbert Doisy ranks 16. Before him are Allen Dulles, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Alexander of Greece, Carol II of Romania, Soong Ching-ling, and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. After him are Draža Mihailović, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Lazar Kaganovich, Roland Freisler, Chaim Soutine, and Harold Lloyd. Among people deceased in 1986, Edward Adelbert Doisy ranks 16. Before him are Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, Robert S. Mulliken, Jean Genet, Frank Herbert, and Urho Kekkonen. After him are Cliff Burton, Joseph Beuys, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Alva Myrdal, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Henry Moore.

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Among people born in United States, Edward Adelbert Doisy ranks 496 out of 20,380. Before him are Faye Dunaway (1941), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), John Saxon (1935), Frank Lucas (1930), Jefferson Davis (1808), and Aaron T. Beck (1921). After him are Cliff Burton (1962), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Fred Astaire (1899), Eddie Fisher (1928), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), and John Tyler (1790).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Edward Adelbert Doisy ranks 15. Before him are John Howard Northrop (1891), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), Robert S. Mulliken (1896), James B. Sumner (1887), and Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889). After him are Theodore William Richards (1868), William Howard Stein (1911), Stanford Moore (1913), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Irving Langmuir (1881), and Melvin Calvin (1911).

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