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Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry
The
Sir William Dunn
Professorship
of
Biochemistry
is the senior
professorship
in
biochemistry
at the
University of Cambridge
. The position was established in 1914 by the
trustees
of the will of
Sir William
Dunn,
banker
,
merchant
and
philanthropist
.
The first
holder
of
the chair
was
Frederick Gowland Hopkins
, winner of the 1929
Nobel Prize in Medicine
for his
work
on
the discovery
of
vitamins
.
Sir
William Dunn
Professors
Frederick
Gowland Hopkins
Albert Chibnall
Frank George Young
Hans Kornberg
Tom Blundell
Gerard Evan