Edward Calvin Kendall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Calvin Kendall

American chemist

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1886

Place of Birth: South Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 04-May-1972

Profession: chemist, biochemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Edward Calvin Kendall (March 8, 1886 – May 4, 1972) 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. Kendall was a biochemist at the Graduate School of the Mayo Foundation at the time of the award.
He received his education at Columbia University.
After retiring from his job with the Mayo Foundation, Kendall joined the faculty at Princeton University, where he remained until his death in 1972.
Kendall Elementary School, in Norwalk is named for him.