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Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997) 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.
Melvin Calvin (born April 8, 1911, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.—died January 8, 1997, Berkeley, California) was an American biochemist who received the 1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemical pathways of photosynthesis.
Biographical. Melvin Calvin was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, April 8, 1911, of Russian emigrant parents. He received the B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1931 at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, and the Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1935.
Jan 8, 1997 · Green plants use energy from sunlight to make carbohydrates out of water and carbon dioxide in the air. Through studies during the early 1950s, particularly of single-cell green algae, Melvin Calvin and his colleagues traced the path taken by carbon through different stages of photosynthesis.
Dr. Melvin Calvin, Nobel Laureate, professor of physics, and Director of the Chemical Biodynamics Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, works in his photosynthesis laboratory. Dr. Calvin was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1961 for elucidating the chemistry of the photosynthetic process.
May 21, 2018 · CALVIN, MELVIN. ( b. St. Paul, Minnesota, 8 April 1911; d. Berkeley, California, 8 January 1997), chemistry, photosynthesis, origin of life, cancer, molecular basis of learning. Calvin is remembered above all for his work in photo-synthesis, research that won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1961.
Jan 10, 1997 · Melvin Calvin, a biochemist who detected the crucial phase of photosynthesis that now bears his name and won him a Nobel Prize in 1961, died on Wednesday at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, Calif.
Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) was the recipient of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the canonical photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle. We present here a very brief glimpse of this extraordinary American scientist, who in his time was a preeminent force in physical and organic chemistry.
BERKELEY, CA -- One of Berkeley Lab's greatest scientists, Melvin Calvin, the man who unlocked the secrets of photosynthesis, died on Wednesday afternoon (January 8) in Berkeley, after years of failing health. He was 85.
Melvin Calvin Winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. M ELVIN C ALVIN. 1961 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants. Background. Born: 1911 Residence: U.S.A. Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, CA. Featured Internet Links.
