Talk:Charles Glen King

Glen or Glenn
Glen or Glenn? --Wetman 06:18, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Glenn. I'll move the page. — Vijay 01:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oops. Um, it's not clear. I'll not move the page! — Vijay 01:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

A quick googling seems to show that "Glen" is used by many authoritative groups. Glenn tends to appear on websites and such, but not in PDFs and articles. For now, I'll change it to Glen. — Vijay 02:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Question of Attribution
According to an article¹ written by Max Perutz in 1988, the question of attribution is more complicated than described in the article on Charles Glen King. Max Perutz received the Nobel Prize for describing the structure of hemoglobin and myoglobin using X-ray crystallography. He also served on the Nobel Committee. In the 1980’s, Max Perutz asked the Nobel Committee if he could look at their files on the isolation and identification of Vitamin C.

Max Perutz notes in his article: (1) The Nobel committees do not themselves nominate candidates for the prize. Although Szent-Gyorgyi received several nominations, no one nominated King. (2) The committee did appoint a referee. The referee determined that Szent-Györgyi's role had been outstanding, but that the combined contributions of Haworth, Reichstein, King and others was equal to or greater than that of Szent-Gyorgyi himself. Therefore no Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of Vitamin C at the time when Szent-Gyorgyi was first nominated. (3) When Szent-Györgyi received the Nobel Prize in 1937, it was "for his discoveries in connection with biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid."

¹Perutz, M.F., Two Roads to Stockholm. New York Review of Books, Volume 35, Number 15 · October 13, 1988

Svirbely 20:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

"Some" versus "Many"
First paragraph states, "Many feel he deserves equal credit with Szent-Gyorgi for the discovery of this vitamin. [1]"  The citation [1] is phrased less emphatically, "In recognition of this medical breakthrough, some scientists believe that King deserved a Nobel Prize." Svirbely 08:56, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

"Vitamin B" in text
Which B or Bs did he work on? Notreallydavid 20:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Great Uncle
This man was my great uncle :-D 212.50.162.251 09:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Dead link
The first citation (see below) in the External links section is a dead link. US National Library of Medicine Collection of Charles Glen King's papers and biography. Accessed January 2007Svirbely (talk) 20:22, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

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