Richard Kuhn

Richard Kuhn
Born	Richard Johann Kuhn (1900-12-03)3 December 1900 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	31 July 1967(1967-07-31) (aged 66) Heidelberg, West Germany
Nationality	Germany, Austria
Alma mater	University of Vienna University of Munich
Known for	Carotenoids and Vitamins[1] Isoalloxazine Total synthesis of riboflavin and Vitamin B6 Soman Kuhn–Winterstein reaction
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1938) Goethe Prize (1942) Wilhelm Exner Medal (1952) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1958) Centenary Prize (1962)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Heidelberg

Richard Johann Kuhn (German pronunciation: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈkuːn] ^ⓘ; 3 December 1900 – 31 July 1967) was an Austrian-German biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins".