In 1929, Christiaan Eijkman won the Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Date of Birth: 11 August 1858.
Died: 5 November 1930.
Nationality: Dutch.
Country: Netherlands.
Education: University of Amsterdam.
Known as: Beriberi, vitamins.
Profession: Physician and Professor of Physiology.
Awards: Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1929).
Fields: Physiology.
