Edward Calvin Kendall
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Edward Calvin Kendall (March 8, 1886 – May 4, 1972) was an American chemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz Reichstein and Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal gland. Kendall did not only focus on the adrenal glands, he was also responsible for the isolation of thyroxine, a hormone of the thyroid gland and worked with the team that crystallized glutathione and identified its chemical structure.
Edward Calvin Kendall | |
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Born | (1886-03-08)March 8, 1886 |
Died | May 4, 1972(1972-05-04) (aged 86) Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Known for | Isolation of thyroxine Discovery of cortisone |
Awards | Lasker Award (1949) Passano Foundation (1950) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1951) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | Parke-Davis St. Luke's Hospital Mayo Clinic Princeton University |
Kendall was a biochemist at the Graduate School of the Mayo Foundation at the time of the award. He received his education at Columbia University. After retiring from his job with the Mayo Foundation, Kendall joined the faculty at Princeton University, where he remained until his death in 1972. Kendall Elementary School, in Norwalk is named for him.