Melvin Calvin

Melvin Ellis Calvin was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham. He was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants".

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Who was born first?

• Melvin Calvin and Klara Dan von Neumann were born the same year
• Melvin Calvin and William Howard Stein were born the same year
• Melvin Calvin and Luis Walter Alvarez were born the same year
• Melvin Calvin and Polykarp Kusch were born the same year
• Melvin Calvin and John Archibald Wheeler were born the same year

Timeline

1. John Archibald WheelerJuly 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008
2. Klara Dan von NeumannAugust 18, 1911 – November 10, 1963
3. Luis Walter AlvarezJune 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988
4. Melvin Calvin (this page)April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997
5. Polykarp KuschJanuary 26, 1911 – March 20, 1993
6. William Howard SteinJune 25, 1911 – February 2, 1980

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