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bn:00016471n

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Categories: Jewish chemists, Jewish biologists, Polish biologists, Scientists from Warsaw, Scientists from New York

Funk Casimir Funk Kazimieras Funkas Kazimierz Funk

United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967) WordNet 3.0

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United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Kazimierz Funk, commonly anglicized as Casimir Funk, was a Polish and naturalized-American biochemist generally credited with being among the first to formulate the concept of vitamins, which he called "vital amines" or "vitamines". Wikipedia

IS A

biochemist

homo

CAUSE OF DEATH

cancer

COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP

Poland

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Obalky knih.cz

EDUCATED AT

University of Bern

ETHNIC GROUP