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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
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| Born | January 15, 1895 |
| Died | November 11, 1973 (aged 78) Helsinki, Finland
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| Nationality | Finnish |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1945) |
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| Fields | Biochemistry |
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (January 15, 1895 – November 11, 1973) was a Finnish biochemist. He received the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method".
He was born in Helsinki, Russian Empire (now Finland) and died in Helsinki.
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