Melvin Calvin
American biochemist
Melvin Ellis Calvin was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University... Wikipedia
Born: April 8, 1911, Saint Paul, MN
Died: January 8, 1997 (age 85 years), Berkeley, CA
Known for: Calvin cycle
Education: University of Minnesota (1935), Michigan Technological University (1931), and Central High School (1928)
Parents: Rose Herwitz and Elias Calvin
Spouse: Genevieve Calvin (m. 1942)
Awards: Davy Medal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Priestley Medal, and more