Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Finnish chemist
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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method". Wikipedia
Born: January 15, 1895, Helsinki, Finland
Died: November 11, 1973 (age 78 years), Helsinki, Finland
Children: K. I. Virtanen
Nationality: Finnish
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Parents: Serafiina Isotalo and Kaarlo Virtanen
Spouse: Lilja Moisio (m. 1920–1972)