Melvin Calvin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Melvin Calvin

American chemist

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1911

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 08-Jan-1997

Profession: engineer, chemist, biologist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997) was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley.