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Frederick Gowland Hopkins blue plaque

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Frederick Gowland Hopkins blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins 1861-1947 Biochemist Nobel Prize Winner 1929 Lived in this house 1878/1898 Recorded plaque organisation: London Borough of Enfield.
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1929 for discovering the vitamins, essential nutrients that are necessary in small quantities for the body to function properly. His work laid the foundation for understanding the importance of trace nutrients in human health.

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