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James B. Sumner

Chemistry

James Batcheller Sumner (1887-1955) was an American biochemist who discovered that enzymes could be crystallized, the first proof that enzymes are proteins. He shared the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley for this work.

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Birth Year
1887 1
Death Date
1955-08-12 1
Death Year
1955 1
Death Place
Buffalo, United States 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Canton, United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
Field (category)
Biology 1
Field (category)
Medicine 1
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1. James B. Sumner (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1955-08-12T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +1955-08-12T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P20 (place of death): Buffalo, United States
    Q40435
  • P19 (place of birth): Canton, United States
    Q2429670
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