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Edward Calvin Kendall

1972 - 1972

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Edward Calvin Kendall (March 8, 1886 – May 4, 1972) was an American biochemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz Reichstein and Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal glands. Kendall not only researched the adrenal glands, he also isolated thyroxine, a hormone of the thyroid gland and worked with the team that crystallized glutathione and identified its chemical structure. Kendall was a biochemist at the Graduate School of the Mayo Foundation at the time of the Nobel award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Calvin Kendall is the 386th most popular chemist (down from 369th in 2019), the 3,917th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,220th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 386 out of 602. Before him are Hermann von Fehling, Arthur Aikin, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Nikolay Zelinsky, Agnes Pockels, and Joseph Achille Le Bel. After him are Isabella Karle, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, George Sarton, Mathieu Orfila, Heinrich Rose, and Nicolas Lemery.

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Among people born in 1972, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 68. Before him are Justyna Steczkowska, Andy Weir, Liam Gallagher, Geri Halliwell, Sung Kang, and Michael Chang. After him are Rafał Trzaskowski, Karel Poborský, Juanes, Dita Von Teese, Jaromír Jágr, and Najwa Nimri. Among people deceased in 1972, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 103. Before him are Louise Arner Boyd, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Vladimir Durković, Mohamed Oufkir, Violette Leduc, and Frank Knight. After him are Ángel Romano, Jessie Royce Landis, Nikolay Krylov, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Prince William of Gloucester, and Walter Jackson Freeman II.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 3,917 out of 20,380. Before him are Nadia Cassini (1949), Maureen Connolly (1934), Richard Carlson (1912), Suzanne Somers (1946), Cecil Andrus (1931), and Don Simpson (1943). After him are Steve Lacy (1934), Herman Wouk (1915), William Devane (1939), James Foley (1973), Mariska Hargitay (1964), and Deborah Lipstadt (1947).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Edward Calvin Kendall ranks 75. Before him are Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Frances Arnold (1956), Louis E. Brus (1943), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Alice Ball (1892), and Albert Ghiorso (1915). After him are Isabella Karle (1921), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Eric Betzig (1960), Jennifer Doudna (1964), Roy J. Plunkett (1910), and George Church (1954).

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