Tadeusz Reichstein

Tadeusz Reichstein
Born(1897-07-20)July 20, 1897
Died1 August 1996(1996-08-01) (aged 99)
NationalityPolish, Swiss
CitizenshipPoland, Switzerland
Known forcortisone
SpouseHenriette Louise Quarles van Ufford (m. 1927; 1 child)
AwardsMarcel Benoist Prize (1947)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950)
Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1951)
Centenary Prize (1952)
Copley Medal (1968)

Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996), also known as Tadeus Reichstein, was a Polish-Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Rothschild, M. (1999). "Tadeus Reichstein. 20 July 1897 -- 1 August 1996: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1952". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 45: 449–467. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0030.
  2. ^ Sterkowicz, S. (1999). "On the hundredth birthday of the first scientist of Polish ancestry to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine: Tadeusz Reichstein". Przeglad Lekarski. 56 (3): 245–246. PMID 10442018.
  3. ^ Wincewicz, A.; Sulkowska, M.; Sulkowski, S. (2007). "Tadeus Reichstein, co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine: On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of his birth in Poland". Hormones. 6 (4): 341–343. doi:10.14310/horm.2002.1111031. PMID 18055426.

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