Stanley Rossiter Benedict

Stanley Rossiter Benedict
Stanley Rossiter Benedict
Born(1884-03-17)March 17, 1884
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 1936(1936-12-21) (aged 52)
Alma materUniversity of Cincinnati
SpouseRuth Benedict
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Biochemistry, Metabolism
InstitutionsCornell University

Stanley Rossiter Benedict (17 March 1884 – 21 December 1936) was an American chemist best known for discovering Benedict's reagent, a solution that detects certain sugars.