Calvin, Melvin

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Calvin, Melvin
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(1911–1997). An American chemist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1961. Much of his work involved the study of photosynthesis, biophysics, and application of physics and chemistry of molecules to some of the basic problems of biology. His doctorate was from the University of Minnesota. He did postgraduate work in England and at Northwestern University and the University of Notre Dame.