Peter D. Mitchell

Peter Mitchell

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Peter Mitchell; FRCS
Born	Peter Dennis Mitchell; 29 September 1920; Mitcham, Surrey, England
Died	10 April 1992 (aged 71); Bodmin, Cornwall, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD)
Known for	discovery of the mechanism of ATP synthesis
Awards	FRS (1974); Rosenstiel Award (1976); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1978); Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1978); Copley Medal (1981);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	University of Edinburgh; Glynn Research Ltd.;
Thesis	The rates of synthesis and proportions by weight of the nucleic acid components of a Micrococcus during growth in normal and in penicillin containing media with reference to the bactericidal action of penicillin (1950)
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Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS (29 September 1920 – 10 April 1992) was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.

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