Stanley Rossiter Benedict
American chemist (1884–1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stanley Rossiter Benedict (17 March 1884 – 21 December 1936) was an American chemist best known for discovering Benedict's reagent, a solution that detects certain sugars.
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Stanley Rossiter Benedict | |
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Born | (1884-03-17)March 17, 1884 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | December 21, 1936(1936-12-21) (aged 52) Elmsford, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
Spouse | Ruth Benedict |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry, Biochemistry, Metabolism |
Institutions | Cornell University |
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