Luis Federico Leloir: advisors and students

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Luis Federico Leloir

Argentine biochemist1906 to 1987

Wikidata names Bernardo Houssay as doctoral advisor and names Bernardo Houssay and Frederick Hopkins as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Bernardo Houssay

Teachers and mentors2

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Bernardo Houssay
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Frederick Hopkins

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stated by WikidataBernardo Houssay

Education and career7

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1936 to 1937
University of Cambridge
worked
1943 to 1944
Washington University in St. Louis
worked
1944 to 1945
Columbia University
worked
1947 to 1987
Leloir Institute
worked
1958 to 1987
University of Buenos Aires
worked
undated
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Buenos Aires
studied
undated
University of Washington
worked

At a glance

known as: physician, biochemist, physicist, university teacher, chemist
fields: biochemistry
degrees: Doctor of Medicine, 1932
awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1970, Canada Gairdner International Award, 1966, Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, 1967, TWAS fellow, 1983, Legion of Honour, 1982, honorary doctorate of the University of Granada, 1967, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1972, diamond Konex award, 1983, Grand Cross of the Order Bernardo O'Higgins, doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris, 1963, honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II, 1972
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1972, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, from 1978, American Philosophical Society, from 1963, Academia Argentina de Letras, Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine, The World Academy of Sciences, from 1983, National Academy of Sciences, from 1960, Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biologia Molecular, from 1963
Wikipedia: in 59 languages

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Elsewhere7

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaLuis Federico Leloir
stated by WikidataWikidataQ233985
stated by WikidataVIAF171146223
stated by WikidataGND1012214095
stated by WikidataIdRef156424347
stated by WikidataISNI0000000120088183

papers

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@misc{academicancestry_Q233985,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Luis Federico Leloir: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q233985},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Luis Federico Leloir: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q233985