Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins ( born June 20, 1861 in Eastbourne, Sussex, † May 16 1947 in Cambridge ) was an English biochemist and physician.

Hopkins is considered the founder of vitamin research. Add the milk, he discovered vitamins A and B. The amino acids, he discovered glutathione and tryptophan.

In 1905 he was elected as a member ( "Fellow" ) to the Royal Society, in 1918, the Royal Medal in 1926 and the Copley Medal awarded him. For the discovery of the growth-promoting vitamins he received in 1929, together with Christiaan Eijkman the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Hopkins was a member of the Federation of the Freemasons ( Lodge No. Aesculapius. 2410 ).

His daughter was the archaeologist and author Jacquetta Hawkes.