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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

1895 – 1973 · aged 78

Finnish chemist and professor (1895–1973)

Born
15 Jan 1895 · Helsinki
Died
11 Nov 1973 · Helsinki
Part ofFinland1510 – todayGrand Duchy of Finland1760 – 1917

Life timeline

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  1. 15 Jan 1895BornBorn in Helsinki
  2. 1918AwardMemorial medal of the War of Liberation
  3. 1943AwardCommander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  4. 1945AwardCross of Liberty, 2nd Class
  5. 1945AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
  6. 1949AwardHonorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology
  7. 1951AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Merit for Agriculture
  8. 1951AwardCommander of the Order of the Dannebrog
  9. 1952AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
  10. 1953AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  11. 1971AwardPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
  12. 11 Nov 1973DiedDied in Helsinki

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1895 – 1973).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  21. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  22. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  23. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  24. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  25. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  26. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  27. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  29. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  30. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  32. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  33. 1956Suez Crisis
  34. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  36. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  38. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  40. 1968Prague Spring

Biography

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈɑrtːuri ˈilmɑri ˈʋirtɑnen] ; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) 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".

He invented AIV silage which improved milk production and a method of preserving butter, the AIV salt, which led to increased Finnish butter exports.

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