Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Virtanen in 1945
Born
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

(1895-01-15)15 January 1895
Died11 November 1973(1973-11-11) (aged 78)
Helsinki, Finland
Resting placeHietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki
NationalityFinnish
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
Known forAIV fodder
Spouse
Lilja Moisio
(m. 1920; died 1972)
Children2
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (1945)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Institutions

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈɑrtːuri ˈʔilmɑri ˈʋirtɑnen] ; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method".[1]

He invented AIV silage which improved milk production and a method of preserving butter, the AIV salt, which led to increased Finnish butter exports.[2]

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1945." Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 15 June 2017.
  2. ^ Ihamuotila, Risto. "Virtanen, Artturi Ilmari (1895–1973)". The National Biography of Finland. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Retrieved 31 January 2016.