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Famous people born on the 4th of January: |
1077 - Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)
1643 - Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher (d. 1727)
1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736)
1809 - Louis Braille, French inventor of Braille (d. 1852)
1900 - James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)
1905 - Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
1940 - Brian David Josephson, Nobel laureate
1940 - Gao Xingjian, Nobel laureate
1945 - Richard R. Schrock, Nobel laureate
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937 |
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Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrapolt
1893-1986
for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid
Hungary
Szeged University - Szeged, Hungary
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1937 |
The Life of Emile Zola
directed by William Dieterle
with Paul Muni (emile Zola) and Joseph Schildkraut (Captain Alfred Dreyfus)
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Designed in 1937 |
The Hassock for Wingspread
by Frank Lloyd Wright |
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