Melvin Calvin | |
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 Calvin c. 1960s | |
| Born | Melvin Ellis Calvin April 8, 1911 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | January 8, 1997 (aged 85) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Michigan College of Mining and Technology University of Minnesota |
| Known for | Calvin cycle |
| Spouse | Genevieve Elle Jemtegaard (m. 1942, d. 1987) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Centenary Prize (1955) William H. Nichols Medal (1958) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1961) Davy Medal (1964) Priestley Medal (1978) AIC Gold Medal (1979) National Medal of Science (1989)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry · Biology |
| Institutions | University of Manchester University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Radiation Laboratory Science Advisory Committee |
| Academic advisors | Michael Polanyi |
| Doctoral students | Cyril Ponnamperuma[2] |
Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997)[3] was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley.
- ^ National Science Foundation – The President's National Medal of Science
- ^ "Notable People". Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ^ Seaborg, G. T.; Benson, A. A. (2008). "Melvin Calvin. 8 April 1911 -- 8 January 1997". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 54: 59–70. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2007.0050.