Science and Philosophy

• Gerty T. Cori (born 1896, died 1957)

  Czech-born American physiologist who made important discoveries about carbohydrate metabolism.

  • 1948 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal (see list of Chemists)
  • 1947 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Carl Cori and Bernardo Houssay (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)