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John Fenn

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Also known as John Bennett Fenn, John B. Fenn

American analytical chemist (1917–2010)

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John B. Fenn (1917–2010) was an American chemist and university teacher. Born in New York City, he died in Richmond. He was educated at Yale University and Berea College. His professional career included positions at Yale University and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Fenn received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Humboldt Prize. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work focused on chemistry, and he spoke English. He resided in Hackensack, Berea, New York City, and Anniston.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2002

    “for their development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules”

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Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Richmond
Occupation
university teacher
Educated at
Berea College
Employer
Virginia Commonwealth University
Languages spoken
English language
Award
Humboldt Prize
Field of work
chemistry
Image
John B Fenn01.jpg
Residence
Anniston
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John Bennett Fenn
date of birth
1917-06-15
date of death
2010-12-10
member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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John Bennett Fenn (June 15, 1917 – December 10, 2010) was an American professor of analytical chemistry who was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. He shared half of the award with Koichi Tanaka for their work in mass spectrometry. The other half went to Kurt Wüthrich. Fenn's contributions specifically related to the development of electrospray ionization, now a commonly used technique for large molecules and routine liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Early in his career, he studied the field of jet propulsion at Project SQUID and focused on molecular beams. He finished his career with more than 100 publications, including one book.

Fenn was born in New York City, and moved to Kentucky with his family during the Great Depression. Fenn did his undergraduate work at Berea College, and received his PhD from Yale. He worked in industry at Monsanto and at private research labs before moving to academic posts including Yale and Virginia Commonwealth University.

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