Definition of Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland in English:
Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland
proper nounˈhɒpkɪnzˈhɑpkənz
(1861–1947), English biochemist. He carried out pioneering work on ‘accessory food factors’ essential to the diet, later called vitamins. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1929).
Definition of Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland in US English:
Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland
proper nounˈhɑpkənzˈhäpkənz
(1861–1947), English biochemist. He carried out pioneering work on “accessory food factors” essential to the diet, later called vitamins. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1929), shared with Christiaan Eijkman.