Stanley Benedict
Stanley Rossiter Benedict (born March 17, 1884 in Cincinnati , † December 21, 1936 ) was an American chemist (physiological chemistry).
Benedict studied with JF Snell at the University of Cincinnati (Bachelor 1906) and at Yale University with Russell Henry Chittenden and Lafayette B. Mendel with a doctorate in physiological chemistry in 1908. He was from 1910 Assistant Professor of Chemical Pathology at the Medical College of Cornell University , where he became Professor of Chemistry and Head of Department in 1913. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1924).
The Benedict reagent for the detection of sugar (for example in urine) is named after him (1908) and he also developed other chemical analysis methods for medicine. He was also active in cancer research, trying (unsuccessfully) to influence cancer growth through metabolism.
In 1919/20 he was president of the Society of Biological Chemists and before that its secretary. He was co-editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1926 until his death as managing editor.
He was married to the anthropologist Ruth Benedict .
literature
- Elmer Verner McCollum, Biographical Memoirs National Academy Sciences. Volume 27, 1952, pp. 157-177
- Robert D. Simoni, Robert L. Hill, Martha Vaughan: Benedict's Solution, a Reagent for Measuring Reducing Sugars: the Clinical Chemistry of Stanley R. Benedict . J. Biol. Chem., Volume 277, 2002, No. 16, e5-e6.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Stanley R. Benedict at academictree.org, accessed on January 6, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benedict, Stanley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benedict, Stanley Rossiter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Chemist (Physiological Chemistry) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1936 |