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English
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Carl Schurz High School, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
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♉ Taurus
Chinese Zodiac
牛 Ox
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English < French < Latin (Vincentius)
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Vincent du Vigneaud: American biochemist (1901–1978).
Born in Chicago (died at age 77).
7 awards including Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.
Studied at Carl Schurz High School.
AWARDS (7)
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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
WON
B
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
WON
B
John Scott Award
WON
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
WON
Biography
Vincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist. He was recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone," a reference to his work on the peptide hormone oxytocin.
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