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John B. Fenn

Chemistry

John B. Fenn was an American analytical chemist awarded a share of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, jointly with Koichi Tanaka and Kurt Wuthrich, for developing methods to identify and analyze biological macromolecules, specifically electrospray ionization for mass spectrometry of large molecules.

Facts
Birth Year
1917 1
Death Date
2010-12-10 1
Death Year
2010 1
Death Place
Richmond, United States 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
New York City, United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
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1. John B. Fenn (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +2010-12-10T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +2010-12-10T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P20 (place of death): Richmond, United States
    Q43421
  • P19 (place of birth): New York City, United States
    Q60
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