Dam, Henrik : 1895-1976

Henrik Dam (1895-1976)
Danish-American biochemist, was born at Copenhagen, Denmark.  He taught at the University of Copenhagen from 1920, becoming professor of biochemistry in 1929.  Leaving Denmark when Germany conquered it in 1940, he was made professor in absentia at the Copenhagen Polytechnic Institute in 1941.

In 1942 he became senior research associate at the University of Rochester's School of Medicine, where he continued researches, previously begun, which led to his discovery of Vitamin K, a substance which controls the clotting of blood.  In 1943, he received hale the Nobel prize in medicine for this discovery.  He returned to Denmark in 1946 to prosecute his researches there.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1780.

You can visit the memorial page for Henrik Dam.