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Melvin Calvin |
 | | Melvin Calvin was born on April 8, 1911, in St. Paul, Minnesota. |
 | | In 1937, Calvin moved to California, where he studied and taught at the University of California at Berkley, advancing to Professor of Chemistry in 1947. |
 | | Calvin was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1961 for his discovery along with Adam Benson, of the Calvin cycle or the carbon movements through a plant. |
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