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Hitchings

American  
[hich-ingz] / ˈhɪtʃ ɪŋz /

noun

  1. George Herbert, 1905–98, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1988.


Hitchings Scientific  
/ hĭchĭngz /
  1. American pharmacologist who with his colleague Gertrude Elion developed drugs to treat leukemia and malaria, gout, herpes, and urinary and respiratory tract infections. He and Elion shared with Sir James Black the 1988 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.


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Senior Barstool producer TJ Hitchings was effusive about the city’s iconic Tonga Room, calling it “the best bar I’ve ever been to in my life.”

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2026

Mr. Hitchings is the author of “The Secret Life of Words.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Mr Hitchings said he had not seen Ms Martynova, who was dressed all in black and crossing in an "uncommon part of the road", until immediately before the collision.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

“This is a grave violation of research integrity,” Hitchings said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2023

After a brief pause, Mrs. Hitchings exclaimed, "Very good; very clever."

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous