Gerty Cori
American biochemist
Gerty Theresa Cori was an Austrian-American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the "discovery of the course of... Wikipedia
Born: August 15, 1896, Prague, Czechia
Died: October 26, 1957 (age 61 years), Glendale, MO
Education: Charles University
Known for: Carbohydrate metabolism; The Cori cycle; Identification of Glucose 1-phosphate
Spouse: Carl Ferdinand Cori (m. 1920–1957)
Parents: Otto Radnitz and Martha Neustadt