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Eduard Buchner

Born on May 20, 1860

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Eduard Buchner (German:; 20 May 1860 – 13 August 1917) was a German chemist and expert on fermentation (sometimes called a zymologist), awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.

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