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John Howard Northrop

John Howard Northrop

July 5, 1891 –May 27, 1987

Chemist, Biochemist, Scientist, University teacher

Lived 95 years

Born in
Yonkers
Passed away in
Wickenburg

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. Northrop was a Professor of Bacteriology and Medical Physics, Emeritus, at University of California, Berkeley.

Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, National Medal of Science, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Education: Columbia University

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Northrop