John Howard Northrop Scientist

John Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987) was an American biochemist who won, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 05, 1891
Birth place	Yonkers New York , United States
cause of death	Suicide
Date of death	May 27, 1987
Place of death	Wickenburg Arizona , United States
Education	Columbia University