Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 - January 8, 1997) was a chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle (along with Andrew Benson), for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent virtually all of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of Jewish immigrants. His father was Lithuanian and his mother Georgian. Wikipedia
Melvin Calvin Banquet Speech Melvin Calvin's speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1961 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. uk.geocities.com/hertouyt/milko/calvin-speech.html
Melvin Calvin died in Berkeley on January 8, 1997, at the age of eighty-five from a heart attack following years of declining health. newton.nap.edu/html/biomems/mcalvin.html
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