Andrew Benson
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This article is about the biochemist. For the movie character, see The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film).
Andrew Alm Benson (September 24, 1917 ā January 16, 2015) was an American biologist and a professor of biology at the University of California, San Diego, until his retirement in 1989. He is known for his work in understanding the carbon cycle in plants.[1][2]
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Born | Andrew Alm Benson (1917-09-24)September 24, 1917 |
Died | January 16, 2015(2015-01-16) (aged 97) La Jolla, California |
Awards | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1962) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
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