BIOLOGISTS A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z                   HOME ABOUT CATEGORIES SITE MAP COPYRIGHT ADVERTISE CONTACT entire Web this site de Duve, Christian René (1917-) Belgian biochemist, born in London, who in recent years has argued that that the evolution of life and mind on the Earth was inevitable. This formed the subject of his 1995 book Vital Dust. de Duve shared the 1974 Nobel Prize for Medicine, with Albert Claude and George Palade, for his contributions to understanding the structural and functional organization of cells, including his discovery of lysosomes. In 1962 he was appointed a professor at the Rockefeller Institute in New York and has divided his time since between here and the University of Louvain in Brussels, from which he received an M.D. (1941) and the degree of "Agrégé de l'Enseignement Supérieur" (1945) for a thesis on the mechanism of insulin. He is now emeritus professor at both institutions and plans, in his own words, "to devote my remaining years to further probing what, if anything, our growing understanding of life and mind can tell us about the structure and meaning of the universe." Related category    • BIOLOGISTS External link Further biographical details (Nobel laureates site) Also on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Transport Concepts & Designs (partner site) BACK TO TOP