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Casimir Funk

Casimir Funk
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Casimir Funk was a Polish biochemist who formulated the definitive concept of vitamins and was the first to isolate a vitamin from rice bran in 1911.

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  1. Casimir Funk (this page)February 23, 1884 – November 1967
  2. Dénes KőnigSeptember 21, 1884 – October 19, 1944
  3. George SartonAugust 31, 1884 – March 22, 1956
  4. Max Erwin von Scheubner-RichterJanuary 21, 1884 – November 9, 1923
  5. Peter DebyeMarch 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966
  6. Theodor SvedbergAugust 30, 1884 – February 1971

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