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Biographical. James Batcheller Sumner was born at Canton, Mass., on Nov. 19, 1887, as the son of Charles Sumner and Elizabeth Rand Kelly. His ancestors were Puritans who came from Bicester, England, in 1636 and settled in Boston. His father owned a large country estate, while his grandfather had a farm and also a cotton factory.
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10 de abr. de 2024 · James Batcheller Sumner (born Nov. 19, 1887, Canton, Mass., U.S.—died Aug. 12, 1955, Buffalo, N.Y.) was an American biochemist and corecipient, with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley, of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Sumner was the first to crystallize an enzyme, an achievement that revealed the protein nature ...
James Batcheller Sumner (November 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955) was an American biochemist. He discovered that enzymes can be crystallized, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley. [3] . He was also the first to prove that enzymes are proteins . Biography.
James Batcheller Sumner (Canton, Estados Unidos, 19 de noviembre de 1887 - Buffalo, 12 de agosto de 1955) fue un químico, bioquímico y profesor universitario estadounidense galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Química del año 1946. Biografía. Estudió química en la Universidad de Harvard, donde se licenció en 1910.
James B. Sumner was an American chemist who received the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1946 for his isolation of the enzyme called ‘urease’. He established the fact that enzymes had a nature similar to that of proteins which was a controversial topic at that time.
for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized. James Batcheller Sumner. US citizen. Born 19 November 1887, Canton, MA, USA. Died 12 August 1955 Buffalo, NY, USA. In 1906 Sumner entered Harvard College; he graduated in 1910, having specialized in chemistry.
James Sumner. John Northrop. Wendell Stanley. In 1946 three Americans shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry--James Sumner 'for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized', and John Northrop and Wendell Stanley 'for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form'.
