Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Virtanen in 1945
Born	Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895-01-15)15 January 1895 Helsinki, Finland, Russian Empire
Died	11 November 1973(1973-11-11) (aged 78) Helsinki, Finland
Resting place	Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki
Nationality	Finnish
Alma mater	University of Helsinki
Known for	AIV fodder
Spouse	Lilja Moisio ​ ​ (m. 1920; died 1972)​
Children	2
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1945)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Helsinki University of Technology University of Helsinki

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈɑrtːuri ˈʔilmɑri ˈʋirtɑnen] ^ⓘ; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method".^[1]

He invented AIV silage which improved milk production and a method of preserving butter, the AIV salt, which led to increased Finnish butter exports.^[2]