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<html> <head> <title>Christian de Duve</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/189/000130796/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Christian de Duve</b></font><p><img src="christian-de-duve.jpg" height=312 width=240 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Christian de Duve"><b>AKA</b> Christian René de Duve<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/793/000106475/" class=proflink>2-Oct</a>-<a href="/lists/916/000105601/" class=proflink>1917</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> Thames-Ditton, England<br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/011/000106690/" class=proflink>4-May</a>-<a href="/lists/548/000358471/" class=proflink>2013</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> Grez-Doiceau, Belgium<br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/131/000169621/" class=proflink>Euthanasia</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/758/000094476/" class=proflink>Roman Catholic</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/179/000068972/" class=proflink>Scientist</a>, <a href="/lists/632/000096344/" class=proflink>Doctor</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> Belgium<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Microstructure of the cell<p>Belgian cytologist and biochemist Christian de Duve was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1974, for his research into subcellular biology. He discovered lysosomes (the cell's digestive system) and peroxisomes (organelles where crucial metabolic processes take place), and shared his Nobel honors with <a href="/people/186/000130793/">Albert Claude</a> and <a href="/people/225/000130832/">George E. Palade</a>. He was born to refugee parents in England, but his family returned to Antwerp while he was still a child. A naturalized citizen of Belgium, he was promoted to Viscount by the Belgian king in 1989. Citing increased weakness, De Duve chose to end his life in 2013 by euthanasia.<p><b>Father:</b> Alphonse de Duve (shopkeeper)<br><b>Mother:</b> Madeleine Pungs de Duve<br><b>Wife:</b> Janine Herman de Duve (m. 30-Sep-1943)<br><b>Son:</b> Thierry de Duve (professor of modern art theory, b. 1944)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Anne Duve<br><b>Daughter:</b> Françoise Duve<br><b>Son:</b> Alain Duve<br><p> Medical School: <a href="/edu/915/000104603/">MD, University of Louvain (1941)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/915/000104603/">MS Chemistry, University of Louvain (1946)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/915/000104603/">Biochemistry, University of Louvain (1947-85)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/662/000068458/">Biochemical Cytology, Rockefeller University (1962-88)</a><br> Administrator: International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology (1974-91)<br><p> <a href="/honors/214/000068010/">Nobel Prize for Medicine</a> 1974 (with <a href="/people/186/000130793/">Albert Claude</a> and <a href="/people/225/000130832/">George E. Palade</a>)<br> <a href="/org/212/000165714/">Pontifical Academy of Sciences</a> <br> <a href="/event/603/000100303/">Naturalized Belgian Citizen</a> <br> <a href="/lists/524/000091251/">Belgian Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Lysosome</i> (<tt>1963</tt>)<br><i>Lysosomes in Biology and Pathology</i> (<tt>1975</tt>, with Roger Thornton Dean and J T Dingle)<br><i>Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Pathological State</i> (<tt>1979</tt>)<br><i>A Guided Tour of the Living Cell</i> (<tt>1984</tt>, with Neil O Hardy)<br><i>Blueprint for a Cell: The Nature and Origin of Life</i> (<tt>1991</tt>)<br><i>Vital Dust: Life As a Cosmic Imperative</i> (<tt>1996</tt>)<br><i>Constraints on the Origin and Evolution of Life</i> (<tt>1998</tt>)<br><i>Life Evolving: Molecules, Mind, and Meaning</i> (<tt>2002</tt>)<br><i>Singularities: Landmarks on the Pathways of Life</i> (<tt>2005</tt>)<br><i>The Origin of Life</i> (<tt>2006</tt>, video)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=130796"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=130796">Christian de Duve</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=130796" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>