Richard Kuhn (December 3, 1900 – August 1, 1967) was a German biochemist, born in Vienna, Austria. . His father Richard C. Kuhn was an engineer, and his mother Angelika Rodler was a teacher. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ...

Kuhn studied at universities in Vienna and Munich. He received his doctorate in 1922 for his dissertation "On the Specificity of Enzymes." Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Neuraminidase ribbon diagram An enzyme (in Greek en = in and zyme = blend) is a protein, or protein complex, that catalyzes a chemical reaction and also controls the 3D orientation of the catalyzed substrates. ...

He married Daisy Hartmann in 1928, and the couple subsequently had two sons and four daughters.

Kuhn's areas of study included: carotenoids, stereochemistry, vitamins, and enzymes. He was the first to isolate a B vitamin. Stereochemistry, a subdiscipline of chemistry, involves the study of the relative spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules. ... Vitamins are organic chemicals that a given living organism requires in trace quantities for good health, but which the organism cannot synthesize, and therefore must obtain from its diet. ... Neuraminidase ribbon diagram An enzyme (in Greek en = in and zyme = blend) is a protein, or protein complex, that catalyzes a chemical reaction and also controls the 3D orientation of the catalyzed substrates. ...

Richard Kuhn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 for his work in carotenoids and vitamins, but was unable to accept the award until after World War II. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

He had been associated for many years with the Max Planck Institut, and had also been associated with the University of Heidelberg and the University of Pennsylvania. He was editor of Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie from 1948. The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. ... The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (German Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; also known as simply University of Heidelberg) was established in the town of Heidelberg in the Rhineland in 1386. ... The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a member of the Ivy League. ... Freiherr Justus von Liebig (May 12, 1803 in Darmstadt, Germany - April 18, 1873 in Munich, Germany) was a German chemist. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Kuhn died in 1967 in Heidelberg, Germany. Map of Germany showing Heidelberg Castle of Heidelberg pictured from the Old Bridge Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

See also

• List of chemists