PAUL KARRER

1937 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2.

• 1889-1971
• Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
• Residence: Switzerland
• Education: Zurich University
• Affiliation: Zurich University (Professor of organic chemistry, from 1919)
• Was the first to isolate vitamins A and K, and produced synthetically vitamins B2 and E

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