Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937

Walter Norman Haworth

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Prize share: 1/2

Paul Karrer

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937 was divided equally between Walter Norman Haworth "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C" and Paul Karrer "for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2"

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