Artturi Virtanen's Birth Card: The Queen of Diamonds

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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈɑrtːuri ˈilmɑri ˈʋirtɑnen] ; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method". The birth-card coordinate for January 15 is the Queen of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1945 Chemistry prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1945 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method

The Queen of Diamonds coordinate

Artturi Virtanen's birthday maps to the Queen of Diamonds (The Prosperous Nurturer). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Artturi Virtanen. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You protect what you have without making every dollar a referendum on safety.

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Artturi Virtanen in the public record

He invented AIV silage which improved milk production and a method of preserving butter, the AIV salt, which led to increased Finnish butter exports. Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was born on 15 January 1895, in Helsinki, Finland . He is the son of Kaarlo Virtanen, a railway engine driver and Serafina Isotalo. He completed his school education at the Classical Lyceum in Viipuri, Finland. He married the botanist Lilja Moisio (1894-1972) in 1920 and had two sons with her. In 1933, he bought a farm near Helsinki where he tested some of his scientific results in practice. He saw in the overproduction of food only a temporary phenomenon. He lived a simple life, he never had a car of his own, never smoked and never consumed alcohol.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

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Penetrating analysis and pattern recognition

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈɑrtːuri ˈilmɑri ˈʋirtɑnen] ; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method".

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: chemistry, research.

Also on the record

1. He died of pneumonia in November 1973, following a broken femur from a fall few weeks prior.
2. He was buried at the Hietaniemi Cemetery.
3. Virtanen began his studies at the University of Helsinki in chemistry 1913 earning his Master and in 1918 his PhD in organic chemistry.
4. In 1919 he started to work in the laboratories of Valio, a large producer of dairy products and became director of the laboratory in 1920.

Other laureates with this card

• Allvar Gullstrand — 1911 Physiology or Medicine
• Dennis Gabor — 1971 Physics
• Douglas D. Osheroff — 1996 Physics
• George de Hevesy — 1943 Chemistry
• Georges Charpak — 1992 Physics
• Harald zur Hausen — 2008 Physiology or Medicine
• Martin Chalfie — 2008 Chemistry
• Martin Luther King Jr. — 1964 Peace
• Nathan Söderblom — 1930 Peace
• Nicolaas Bloembergen — 1981 Physics
• Rabindranath Tagore — 1913 Literature
• Sidney Altman — 1989 Chemistry
• 2 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Artturi Virtanen's birth card?

The Queen of Diamonds. January 15 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

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