George Minot
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George Richards Minot was an American medical researcher who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...

 with George Hoyt Whipple and William P. Murphy for their pioneering work on pernicious anemia
Pernicious anemia
Pernicious anemia is one of many types of the larger family of megaloblastic anemias...

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Life

George Richards Minot was born in Boston
Boston
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, Massachusetts
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. He came from a medical family; his father was physician James Jackson Minot (1853–1938).
One of his great-grandfathers was James Jackson (1777–1867), co-founder of Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
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He was namesake of his great-great-grandfather George Richards Minot (1758–1802).
His mother was Elizabeth Whitney.
His father's cousin was anatomist
Anatomy
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 Charles Sedgwick Minot
Charles Sedgwick Minot
Charles Sedgwick Minot was an American anatomist.-Life:Charles Sedgwick Minot was born December 25, 1852 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. His mother was Catharine "Kate" Maria Sedgwick and father was William Minot II...

 (1852–1914).

He completed his A.B. in 1908 and his M.D. in 1912 from Harvard University
Harvard University
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. Between 1914 to 1915, George Minot was appointed Assistant in Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
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 in Baltimore
Baltimore
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, MD. In 1915, he was appointed Assistant in Medicine at the Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

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Minot won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...

 with William P. Murphy and George H. Whipple for their work in the study of anemia
Anemia
Anemia is a decrease in number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. However, it can include decreased oxygen-binding ability of each hemoglobin molecule due to deformity or lack in numerical development as in some other types of hemoglobin...

. George Minot, working with William Murphy, described an effective treatment for pernicious anemia
Pernicious anemia
Pernicious anemia is one of many types of the larger family of megaloblastic anemias...

 with liver (which is high in vitamin B12
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12, vitamin B12 or vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. It is one of the eight B vitamins...

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He died February 25, 1950. He was a Unitarian
Unitarianism
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