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John Howard Northrop

John Howard Northrop
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John Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award was given for these scientists' isolation, crystallization, and study of enzymes, proteins, and viruses.

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  1. Abram BesicovitchJanuary 23, 1891 – November 2, 1970
  2. Frederick BantingNovember 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941
  3. Hans ReichenbachSeptember 26, 1891 – April 9, 1953
  4. John Howard Northrop (this page)July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987
  5. Sergey VavilovMarch 12, 1891 – January 25, 1951
  6. Yrjö VäisäläSeptember 6, 1891 – July 21, 1971

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