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Leloir

American  
[luh-lwahr, le-lwahr] / ləˈlwɑr, lɛˈlwɑr /

noun

  1. Luis Federico 1906–1987, Argentine biochemist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970.


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Leloir, 64, a Parisian-born Argentine, won the chemistry prize for his pioneer work in unraveling the chemistry of carbohydrates.

From Time Magazine Archive

Frontispiece on Japan paper from a water-colour drawing and autograph note by Maurice Leloir.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

Leloir and Vidal shorten the name to acne cornee.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

No more sympathetic illustrator than Leloir could be found, and his treatment of this masterpiece of French literature invests it with a peculiar value.

From The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Butterworth, Hezekiah

Fichel, Lesrel, Louis Leloir and others whom I have not space to mention, as exact and as minute in detail as their chef, and, moreover, almost as well paid by amateurs, especially Americans.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various

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