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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1940s (43) 1946 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1887 (7) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) Massachusetts (21) Canton (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1950s (45) 1955 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New York (38) Buffalo (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) J (95) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) J (80) James (15) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) New York (49) Ithaca (8) Cornell University (8) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, Nordic countries (83) Sweden (35) Stockholm (22) Stockholm University (15) Short-term academic staff (5) Uppsala (17) Uppsala University (17) Short-term academic staff (2) Europe, western (390) Belgium (17) Brussels (9) Université Libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels) (9) Short-term academic staff (3) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Alumni (77) New York (216) Ithaca (58) Cornell University (58) Long-term academic staff (18) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Association for the Advancement of Science (95) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards I-J (268) J (208) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) complete name: James Batcheller Sumner nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1946 together with: Wendell Meredith Stanley together with: John Howard Northrop prize share: Prize share: 1/4 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 was divided, one half awarded to James Batcheller Sumner "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized", the other half jointly to John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: James family name: Sumner occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist occupation: virologist field of work: biochemistry work location: Cornell University, 300 Day Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States of America description: James Batcheller Sumner was an American chemist. He discovered that enzymes can be crystallized, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley. He was also the first to prove that enzymes are proteins. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1946/summary/> date birth: 1887 date death: 1955 usual name: James Sumner
