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Britton Chance

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American biochemist and Olympic sailor (1913-2010)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1913 to 2010 · aged 97
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Britton Chance was an American biochemist, biophysicist, scholar, and inventor whose work helped develop spectroscopy as a way to diagnose medical problems. " He received the National Medal of Science in 1974.

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2009honorary doctor of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology
1992John Scott Award
1987Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics
1981Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1976Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
1974National Medal of Science
1972Canada Gairdner International Award
1970Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
1970William H. Nichols Medal
1966John Price Wetherill Medal
1966Franklin Medal
1950Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
1945Guggenheim Fellowship
honorary doctorate of the University of Copenhagen
doctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki
honorary doctor of Semmelweis University
Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet
honorary doctorate at the University of Rome Tor Vergata

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Britton Chance was an American biochemist, biophysicist, scholar, and inventor whose work helped develop spectroscopy as a way to diagnose medical problems. He was "a world leader in transforming theoretical science into useful biomedical and clinical applications" and is considered "the founder of the biomedical photonics." He received the National Medal of Science in 1974.

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Lived 1913 to 2010 · aged 97
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