James B. Sumner Scientist

James Batcheller Sumner (November 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955) was an American chemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley.

Personal facts

James B. Sumner
Birth dateNovember 19, 1887
Birth place
Canton Massachusetts , United States
Nationality
United States
Date of deathAugust 12, 1955
Place of death
Buffalo New York , United States
Education
Harvard University
Known for
Crystal
Enzyme
Protein

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Scientist

awards
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Alexander Dounce
Field of study
Chemistry

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External resources

  1. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1946/sumner-lecture.html
  2. http://uk.geocities.com/hertouyt/cgi-bin/sumner-speech.html
  3. http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1946/sumner-bio.html