Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was an Austrian-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how the glucose derivative glycogen is broken down and resynthesized in the body for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004, both Coris were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947, announced October 23, 1947. Carl Cori (1/4), “for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen”. Gerty Cori (1/4), “for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen”. Bernardo Houssay (1/2), “for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar”. Carl Cori: born 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic). Gerty Cori: born 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic). Bernardo Houssay: born 1887, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wiki link Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).