Edward Calvin Kendall
| Edward Calvin Kendall | |
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Kendall in 1950.
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| Born |
March 8, 1886 South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA |
| Died | May 4, 1972 (aged 86) Princeton, NJ, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions |
Parke-Davis St. Luke's Hospital Mayo Clinic Princeton University |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Known for | isolation of thyroxine discovery of cortisone |
| Notable awards |
Lasker Award (1949) Passano Foundation (1950) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950) |
Edward Calvin Kendall (March 8, 1886 – May 4, 1972) was an American chemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein and Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal gland. Kendall did not only focus on the adrenal glands, he was also responsible for the isolation of thyroxine, a hormone of the thyroid gland and worked with the team that crystallized glutathione and identified its chemical structure.
Kendall was a biochemist at the Graduate School of the Mayo Foundation at the time of the award. He received his education at Columbia University. After retiring from his job with the Mayo Foundation, Kendall joined the faculty at Princeton University, where he remained until his death in 1972. Kendall Elementary School, in Norwalk is named for him.
Kendall was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1886. He attended Columbia University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1908, a Master of Science degree in Chemistry in 1909, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1910.
After obtaining his Ph.D., his first job was in research for Parke, Davis and Company, and his first task was to isolate the hormone associated with the thyroid gland. He continued this research at St. Luke's Hospital in New York until 1914. He was appointed Head of the Biochemistry Section in the Graduate School of the Mayo Foundation, and the following year he was appointed as the Director of the Division of Biochemistry.
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