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bn:00016471n
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Categories: Jewish chemists, 20th-century American biochemists, Jewish biologists, 1884 births, Polish biologists
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Funk  Casimir Funk
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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
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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
Jew
FAMILY NAME
Funk
FIELD OF WORK
biochemistry
GIVEN NAME
Casimir
Kazimierz
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
Polish
MANNER OF DEATH
natural causes
MEMBER OF
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
NOMINATED FOR
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
OCCUPATION
biochemist
chemist
PLACE OF BIRTH
Warszawa
PLACE OF DEATH
Albany
SEX OR GENDER
male
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Funk, Casimir Funk
Wikipedia
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Casimir Funk
Wikidata
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Casimir Funk
Wikipedia Redirections
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Kazimierz Funk
Wikidata Alias
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Kazimieras Funkas, Kazimierz Funk

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