AKA Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

Born: 15-Jan-1895
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Died: 11-Nov-1973
Location of death: Helsinki, Finland
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: Finland
Executive summary: Improvements in fodder

Father: Kaarlo Virtanen
Mother: Serafiina Isotalo
Wife: Lilja Moisio (m. 1920, two sons)
Son: Kaarlo
Son: Olavi

    High School: Classical Lyceum, Viipuri, Finland
    University: MSc, University of Helsinki (1916)
    University: DSc, University of Helsinki (1919)
    Teacher: University of Helsinki (1924-39)
    Professor: Biochemistry, University of Helsinki (1939-48)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1945

Author of books:
AIV System as the Basis of Cattle Feeding (1943)

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