In 1939, John Howard Northrop won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: July 5, 1891 Yonkers, New York, U.S..
Died: May 27, 1987 (aged 95) Wickenburg, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality: American.
Education: Columbia University.
Known as: Studies of enzymes.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946), Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1939).
Fields: Biochemistry.