Stanley Rossiter Benedict
| Stanley Rossiter Benedict | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 17, 1884 Cincinnati, United States |
| Died | December 21, 1936 (aged 52) United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
Stanley Rossiter Benedict (17 March 1884 – 21 December 1936) was an American chemist best known for discovering Benedict's reagent, a solution that detects certain sugars.
Benedict was born in Cincinnati, and went to the University of Cincinnati. After a year, he went to Yale's Department of Physiological Chemistry for training in metabolism and physiology. He married Ruth Fulton. The marriage collapsed and his wife began a career in anthropology as Ruth Benedict.
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