Richard Kuhn Summary

Richard Kuhn was a Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist who devoted much of his life to studying the synthesis of vitamins and carotenoids, the fat-soluble yellow pigments that are found in plants. He ... Read more

Born in Vienna, Austria, Richard Kuhn spent most of his adult life in Germany, obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1922. In 1929, he received an appointment as professor of chemistry ... Read more