Melvin Calvin - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1961
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Melvin Calvin

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1961
for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
4/8/1911
place of birth
Saint Paul
date of death
1/8/1997
place of death
Berkeley
Lived
85 years
member of
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1960
  • Japan Academy
    • start time: 1/13/1975
  • Royal Society of London
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
doctoral student
  • Cyril Ponnamperuma
  • Jan Anderson
  • Henry Mahler
educated at
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Minnesota
  • Central High School (Detroit)
  • Michigan Technological University
field of work
  • biochemistry
occupation
  • engineer
  • chemist
  • biologist
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
employer
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Minnesota
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