Peter D. Mitchell
British biochemist
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Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis. Wikipedia
Born: September 29, 1920, Mitcham, United Kingdom
Died: April 10, 1992 (age 71 years), Bodmin, United Kingdom
Known for: Discovery of the mechanism of ATP synthesis
Awards: Copley Medal and Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Parents: Christopher Gibbs Mitchell and Kate Beatrice Dorothy Taplin