- Edward Adelbert Doisy
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name = Edward A. Doisy
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birth_date = birth date|1893|11|3|mf=y
birth_place =Hume, Illinois , USA
death_date = death date and age|1986|10|23|1893|11|3|mf=y
death_place =St. Louis, Missouri , USA
nationality =United States
field =Biochemistry
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doctoral_advisor =Otto Folin
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known_for =Vitamin K
prizes =Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1943)Edward Adelbert Doisy (
November 3 ,1893 –October 23 ,1986 ) was an Americanbiochemist . He received theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 withHenrik Dam for their discovery ofvitamin K and itschemical structure .Doisy was born at Hume, Illinois, on November 3, 1893. He completed his A.B. degree in 1914 and his M.S. degree in 1916 from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . He completed his Ph.D. in 1920 fromHarvard University .For many years Doisy was a
professor atSaint Louis University and has many remembrances at that school's medical campus.He also competed with
Adolf Butenandt at the discovery ofestrone in 1930. They discovered the substance independently but Butenandt was awarded with theNobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939.References
*cite journal
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last=Zetterström
first=Rolf
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year=2006|month=Jun.
title=H. C. P. Dam (1895-1976) and E. A. Doisy (1893-1986): the discovery of antihaemorrhagic vitamin and its impact on neonatal health
journal=Acta Paediatr.
volume=95
issue=6
pages=642-4
publisher= |location =Norway | issn = 0803-5253| pmid = 16754542
doi = 10.1080/08035250600719739
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*cite journal
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year=1988|month=May.
title=In memoriam: Edward A. Doisy, Ph. D
journal=J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.
volume=66
issue=5
pages=1094-5
publisher= |location =UNITED STATES | issn = 0021-972X| pmid = 3283162External links
* [http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1943/doisy-bio.html Nobel Foundation Biography]
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NAME= Doisy, Edward Adelbert
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=American biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH=November 3 ,1893
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DATE OF DEATH=October 23 ,1986
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