Talk:Casimir Funk
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I moved this page to the anglicized title per the Wikipedia naming convention on anglicization. I also used Google's Language Tools to search for both versions of the name occuring on English webpages. There were over 500 for "Casimir Funk" and only 30 for "Kazimierz Funk". --mav
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- Post your question on the Wikipedia:Reference desk for best results Lumos3 23:14, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
According to official biography, Funk was not of Jewish origins.
Can anyone shed any light on his date of death: was it January 19, 1967, November 20, 1967, November 30, 1967, or none of the above? Internet searches find multiple sources for each. Everyking 05:47, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Follow link to the Polish Wikipedia pl:Kazimierz Funk where they have the January date. Hes a national hero so they probably know Lumos3 23:14, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
There is a photograph of Casimir Funk on a University of Michigan www page at[1]. The copyright is unclear so I am reluctant to post it. Lumos3 23:03, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
he tried to isolate the substance responsible and he succeeded around 1912. Because that substance contained an amine group, he called it vitamine (vitamin). It was later to be known as vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
In 1936 he determined the molecular structure of thiamin, though he was not the first to isolate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.54.16.108 (talk) 19:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
