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Edward Calvin Kendall | | Birth Date: |
March 8, 1886 | | Death Date: |
May 4, 1972 | | Place of Birth: |
South Norwalk, Connecticut, United States | | Place of Death: |
Princeton, New Jersey, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
biochemist |
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 Biography of Edward C. Kendall
948 words, approx. 3 pages
 Edward C. Kendall is best remembered as a pioneer in the discovery and isolation of several important hormones. As a young scientist he isolated the hormone thyroxine from the thyroid glands of cattle; today, thyroxine is produced synthetically and... summary from source:
 Biography of Edward Calvin Kendall
567 words, approx. 2 pages
Edward Kendall is known for two major contributions to biochemical knowledge. The first of these was his isolation of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. In addition, he isolated several steroid hormones produced by the cortex (outer covering) of the... summary from source:
 Biography of Edward Calvin Kendall
418 words, approx. 1 pages
Edward Calvin Kendall (1886-1972), American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner, isolated the hormone thyroxin and played a leading role in the isolation and synthesis of the hormone cortisone. On March 8, 1886, E. C. Kendall was born in South Norwalk,... 
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 Edward Calvin Kendall Information
254 words, approx. 1 pages
Edward Calvin Kendall (b.March 8, 1886, Norwalk, CT – May 4, 1972) was an American chemist who, together with Philip S. Hench and Tadeus Reichstein, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for research at the Mayo Clinic on the...
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 Mayo Clinic Proceedings Stamp vignette on medical science: Edward C. Kendall--Nobel Laureate
12/01/2001: 606 words, approx. 2 pages In 1950, the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine was awarded to Drs Edward Calvin Kendall (1886-1972) and Philip Showalter Hench (1896-1965) for the discovery and clinical application of cortisone. They helped isolate, synthesize, and establish the clinical efficacy of the hormone. Kendall performed... summary from source:
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