Wendell Meredith Stanley (August 16, 1904 – June 15, 1971) was an American biochemist, virologist and Nobel prize laureate. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry of life, a bridge between biology and chemistry that studies how complex chemical reactions give rise to life. ... Virology, often considered a part of microbiology, is the study of biological viruses: their structure and classification, their ways to infect and exploit cells to reproduce and cause disease, and their potential uses in research and therapy. ...

He was born in Ridgeville, Indiana, and earned a BS in Chemistry at Earlham College. He then studied at the University of Illinois, gaining a MS in science in 1927 followed by a PhD in chemistry two years later. Ridgeville is a small town located in Randolph County, Indiana. ... Earlham College is a national, selective Quaker liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. ... The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

As a member of National Research Council he moved temporarily for academic work in Munich before he returned to the States in 1931. On return he was approved as an assistant at Rockefeller Institute, the post he held until 1948. He later became Professor of Biochemistry at University of California, Berkeley, and in 1958 Chairman of the Biochemistry Department.-1... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Rockefeller University is a small private university focusing primarily on graduate education and research in the biomedical fields, located in the southeasternmost corner of the Upper East Side of Manhattan island in New York City, New York. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... It has been suggested that UC Mens Chorale be merged into this article or section. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Stanley's work contributed to knowledge on lepracidal compounds, diphenyl stereochemistry and the chemistry of the sterols. His researches on the virus causing the mosaic disease in tobacco plants led to the isolation of a nucleoprotein which displayed tobacco mosaic virus activity. The different types of isomers. ... The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) A bacteriophage virus A virus is a submicroscopic parasitic particle that infects cells in biological organisms. ... Species N. glauca N. longiflora N. rustica N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005 Tobacco (, L.) refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America, or to the dried and cured leaves of such plants. ... A nucleoprotein is any protein which is structurally associated with nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA). ...

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1946. His other notable awards included the Rosenburger Medal, Alder Prize and Scott Award. He was also awarded honorary degrees by many universities both American and foreign, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the University of Paris. This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located on an extensive campus in and around suburban Princeton, New Jersey. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ...

Stanley married Marian Staples in 1929 and had three daughters (Marjorie, Dorothy and Janet), and a son, Wendell M. Junior. Stanley Hall at UC Berkeley (now Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility) and Stanley Hall at Earlham College are named in his honor. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• Wendell Stanley Nobel Prize biography
• Wendell Meredith Stanley and the birth of biochemistry at UC Berkeley