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Eduard Buchner
1917Aug, 13

Eduard Buchner

Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
Eduard Buchner (German pronunciation: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈbuːxnɐ] (listen); 20 May 1860 – 13 August 1917) was a German chemist and zymologist, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.

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