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Untersuchungen über Aminosāuren, Polypeptide, und Proteine, 1899–1906. Berlin: Springer, 1906. Untersuchungen in der Puringrupp, 1882–1906. Berlin: Springer, 1907. Untersuchungen über Triphenylmethanfarbstoffe, Hydrazine, und Indole. Berlin: Springer, 1924. For More Information See: Aus Meinem Leben. Berlin: Verlang Julius Springer, 1921. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Scribner’s, 1972 (Volume 5), 1–5. Forster, Martin Onslow. ” Journal of the Chemical Society 117 (1920): 1157–1201.

Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Scribner’s, 1978 (Volume 15), 157–58. ” Later he worked out the structural formulas for both biliverdin and bilirubin, and in 1942 he synthesized biliverdin, with the synthesis of bilirubin following in 1944. He also worked out the complete structure of chlorophylls, demonstrating that chlorophylls were substituted porphins with an atom of magnesium at the center, thus paving the way for their synthesis by his pupils following his untimely death. ) 1931 Bergius, Friedrich Karl Rudolph 29 Prize: Chemistry, 1931.

Spouse: Pierre Curie, married July 25, 1895. Children: Irene, daughter; Eve, daughter. Career: Governess, 1885–91; École Normale Supérieur, Sèvres, France, Professor, 1900; Univ. of Sorbonne, France, Professor, 1904–34. Other Awards: Bertholet Medal, Académie des Sciences, 1902; Gegner Prize, 1902; Davy Medal, Royal Society, 1903; Elliott Cresson Medal, 1909. Selected Publications: Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives. Paris: GauthierVillars, 1904. Traité de Radioactivité. 2 volumes. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1910.

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