Talk:Charles Glen King

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[edit] Glen or Glenn

Glen or Glenn? --Wetman 06:18, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Glenn. I'll move the page. — Vijay 01:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Oops. Um, it's not clear. I'll not move the page! — Vijay 01:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

A quick googling seems to show that "Glen" is used by many authoritative groups. Glenn tends to appear on websites and such, but not in PDFs and articles. For now, I'll change it to Glen. — Vijay 02:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question of Attribution

According to an article¹ written by Max Perutz in 1988, the question of attribution is more complicated than described in the article on Charles Glen King. Max Perutz received the Nobel Prize for describing the structure of hemoglobin and myoglobin using X-ray crystallography. He also served on the Nobel Committee. In the 1980’s, Max Perutz asked the Nobel Committee if he could look at their files on the isolation and identification of Vitamin C.

Max Perutz notes in his article: (1) The Nobel committees do not themselves nominate candidates for the prize. Although Szent-Gyorgyi received several nominations, no one nominated King. (2) The committee did appoint a referee. The referee determined that Szent-Györgyi's role had been outstanding, but that the combined contributions of Haworth, Reichstein, King and others was equal to or greater than that of Szent-Gyorgyi himself. Therefore no Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of Vitamin C at the time when Szent-Gyorgyi was first nominated. (3) When Szent-Györgyi received the Nobel Prize in 1937, it was "for his discoveries in connection with biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid."

¹Perutz, M.F., Two Roads to Stockholm. New York Review of Books, Volume 35, Number 15 · October 13, 1988

Svirbely 20:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)