Casimir Funk
Casimir Funk · Science & Medicine
Coined the term 'vitamine' and advanced vitamin-deficiency theory
1884, Warsaw, Poland (Russian Empire) — 1967, Albany, United States
Poland · Switzerland · United Kingdom · United States
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Casimir Funk was a biochemist who in 1912 coined the term 'vitamine' (later 'vitamin') and formulated the vitamin-deficiency theory of diseases such as beriberi, scurvy, pellagra and rickets. His concept reoriented nutrition science toward essential micronutrients. He was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw and later worked in Britain and the United States.
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Coined the term 'vitamine' and advanced vitamin-deficiency theory
Source: Britannica; Encyclopaedia Judaica
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