Edward Calvin Kendall

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Edward Calvin Kendall

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Edward Calvin Kendall's Degrees

• Bachelors Chemistry Columbia University
• PhD Chemistry Columbia University

Why Is Edward Calvin Kendall Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Edward Calvin Kendall was an American chemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz 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.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Edward Calvin Kendall?

Edward Calvin Kendall is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• Princeton University
• Columbia University