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John Howard Northrop
Full Name of the recipient | John Howard Northrop |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1946 |
Share in Award | 25.0% |
Award Shared with | James Batcheller Sumner (50.0%) Wendell Meredith Stanley (25.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, NJ, USA |
Place of Birth | Yonkers, NY, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 5 July 1891 |
Age at the time of Award | 54 years |
Place of Death | Wickenberg, AZ, United States USA |
Date of Death | 27 May 1987 |