James B. Sumner

James Batcheller Sumner (November 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955) was an American chemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop.

Education

Sumner graduated from Harvard College in 1910.

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Harvard College - 1910

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In 1912 he went to study biochemistry in Harvard Medical School and obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1914.

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1912 - Biochemistry - 1914

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He then worked as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Cornell Medical College.

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