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George H. Hitchings

Nobel Prize-winning American physician

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George Herbert Hitchings was an American biochemist who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment", Hitchings specifically for his work on chemotherapy.

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Born
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Place of birth
Hoquiam wd
Died
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Place of death
Chapel Hill wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physician, biochemist, pharmacologist, pharmacist, chemist wd
Education
Harvard Medical School wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1968)
  • Alfred Burger Award (1984)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1974)
  • North Carolina Award for Science (1980)
  • Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh
  • AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research (1968)

Questions

When was George H. Hitchings born?
George H. Hitchings was born on 18 April 1905 in Hoquiam.
Where did George H. Hitchings study?
George H. Hitchings was educated at Harvard Medical School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): George H. Hitchings · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q310487 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: George H. Hitchings 1988.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (CC BY 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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