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Melvin Calvin

1911 - 1997

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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. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melvin Calvin is the 113th most popular chemist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from United States (down from 417th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Chemist.

Melvin Calvin is most famous for his research in the field of organic chemistry. He is most well known for his work with the Calvin cycle, which he discovered in the 1950s.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Melvin Calvin ranks 113 out of 602. Before him are Paul Hermann Müller, Odd Hassel, Yves Chauvin, Jacques Monod, Irving Langmuir, and Manfred Eigen. After him are Avram Hershko, Claude Louis Berthollet, Gilbert N. Lewis, Michael Levitt, Lars Onsager, and Carl Ferdinand Cori.

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Among people born in 1911, Melvin Calvin ranks 23. Before him are Louise Bourgeois, Milovan Đilas, William Howard Stein, Robert Taylor, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and William Stuart-Houston. After him are Maurice Allais, Jack Ruby, Polykarp Kusch, Marshall McLuhan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and Tennessee Williams. Among people deceased in 1997, Melvin Calvin ranks 19. Before him are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Victor Vasarely, Bảo Đại, John Kendrew, Sviatoslav Richter, and Paulo Freire. After him are The Notorious B.I.G., Robert Mitchum, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, William S. Burroughs, and Clyde Tombaugh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melvin Calvin ranks 583 out of 20,380. Before him are Dusty Rhodes (1945), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Brian De Palma (1940), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Charlie Parker (1920), and John Wayne Gacy (1942). After him are Tim Walz (1964), Divine (1945), Chester A. Arthur (1829), William P. Murphy (1892), Jack LaLanne (1914), and Mike Tyson (1966).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Melvin Calvin ranks 21. Before him are Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Theodore William Richards (1868), William Howard Stein (1911), Stanford Moore (1913), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), and Irving Langmuir (1881). After him are Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Edward W. Morley (1838), William Lipscomb (1919), Paul Berg (1926), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), and William E. Moerner (1953).

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