Quick Facts

• NAME: Melvin Calvin
• OCCUPATION: Educator, Chemist
• BIRTH DATE: April 08, 1911
• DEATH DATE: January 08, 1997
• EDUCATION: Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Michigan Technological University, University of Minnesota
• PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Paul, Minnesota
• PLACE OF DEATH: Berkeley, California

Best Known For

Melvin Calvin was an American biochemist who received the 1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemical pathways of photosynthesis.