Carl Ferdinand Cori
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| Born | Carl Ferdinand Cori December 5, 1896 Prague |
| Died | October 20, 1984 (aged 87) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Residence | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | Austrian-Hungarian |
| Fields | biochemist |
| Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis |
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| Known for | Metabolism of carbohydrates |
| Influenced | Arthur Kornberg |
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Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS (December 5, 1896 – October 20, 1984) was a Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague (then in Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic) who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen (animal starch) – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and resynthesized in the body, for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004 both were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism.
Carl was the son of Carl Isidor Cori[] (1865, Brüx (Czech: Most), R.Bohemia, Imp.Austria–1954, Vienna), a zoologist, and Maria née Lippich[] (1870, Graz–1922, Prague), a daughter of the Italian-Bohemian/Austrian physician Ferdinand (Franz) Lippich[] (1838, Padova–1913, Prague).
The Cori[] Family came from the Papal State (later Republical Rome, today's Central Italy) to the Royal Bohemian Crownland, Austrian Circle (Monarchical Austria centered on the Archducal Austria) at the end of the 17th century. Carl Ferdinand's grandfather Eduard Cori (1812–1889) was an administrative officer and beekeeper in Brüx, and grandmother was Rosina Trinks (?–1909). Carl Ferdinand's younger sister Margarete Cori (born 1905) was a lecturer of Prague and the wife of the Bohemian geneticist Felix Mainx (1900, Prague–1983, Vienna).
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