James Batcheller Sumner

James Batcheller Sumner was an American biochemist. He discovered that enzymes can be crystallized, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley. He was also the first to prove that enzymes are proteins.

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Who was born first?

• James Batcheller Sumner and Charles Galton Darwin were born the same year
• James Batcheller Sumner and Hedwig Kohn were born the same year
• James Batcheller Sumner and Leopold Ružička were born the same year
• James Batcheller Sumner and Edward Andrade were born the same year
• James Batcheller Sumner and Karl Taylor Compton were born the same year

Timeline

1. Charles Galton DarwinDecember 18, 1887 – December 31, 1962
2. Edward AndradeDecember 27, 1887 – June 6, 1971
3. Hedwig KohnApril 5, 1887 – March 26, 1964
4. James Batcheller Sumner (this page)November 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955
5. Karl Taylor ComptonSeptember 14, 1887 – June 22, 1954
6. Leopold RužičkaSeptember 13, 1887 – September 26, 1976

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