John Howard Northrop
American biochemist (1891–1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987) was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award was given for these scientists' isolation, crystallization, and study of enzymes, proteins, and viruses.[1] Northrop was a Professor of Bacteriology and Medical Physics, Emeritus, at University of California, Berkeley.[2]
This article is about the Nobel Laureate chemist. For other uses, see John Northrop.
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Born | (1891-07-05)July 5, 1891 Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
Died | May 27, 1987(1987-05-27) (aged 95) Wickenburg, Arizona, U.S. |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Known for | Studies of enzymes |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946) Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1939) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Columbia University Rockefeller University |
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