In 1946, Wendell Meredith Stanley won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: August 16, 1904, in Ridgeville, Indiana, USA.
Died: June 15, 1971 (aged 66) Salamanca, Spain.
Nationality: American.
Education: Earlham College, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Awards: Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1936), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946), William H. Nichols Medal (1946), Willard Gibbs Award (1947), Franklin Medal (1948), Order of the Rising Sun (1966).
Fields: Chemistry.