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1858 – 1930Christiaan Eijkman (1858-1930)Died 5 November 1930, aged 72Dutch physician who showed that beriberi is caused by a dietary deficiency. His work led to the discovery of vitamins. He shared the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.