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Life is a wondrous phenomenon.

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Age: 93 †
Born: 1893
Born: September 16
Died: 1986
Died: October 21
Biochemist
Chemist
Peace Activist
Physician
Physiologist
Politician
Scientist
University Teacher
Buda Pest
Albert Imre Szentgyörgyi
Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt
Albert von Szent-Györgyi
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