Albert Szent Gy%C3%B6rgyi

Albert SzentGyrgyi de Nagyrpolt was a Hungarian American physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II and entered Hungarian politics after the war.

SzentGyrgyi was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, AustroHungarian Empire, in 1893. His father, Mikls SzentGyrgyi, was a landowner, born in Marosvsrhely, Transylvania , a Calvinist, and could trace his ancestry back to 1608 when Smuel, a Calvinist predicant, was ennobled. At the time of SzentGyrgyis birth, being of the nobility was considered important and created opportunities that otherwise were not available. . His mother, Jozefina, a Roman Catholic, was a daughter of Jzsef Lenhossk and Anna Bossnyi. Jozefina was a sister of Mihly Lenhossk both of these men were Professors of Anatomy at the Etvs Lornd University. His family included three generations of scientists. Music was important in the Lenhossk family. His mother Jozefina prepared to become an opera singer and auditioned for Gustav Mahler, then a conductor at the Budapest Opera. He advised her to marry instead, since her voice was not enough. Albert himself was good at the piano, while his brother Pl became a professional v

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