Evelyn M. Anderson | |
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Born | Wilmar, Minnesota, USA | March 20, 1899
Died | June 8, 1985 | (aged 86)
Education | Carleton College University of California, Berkeley University of Montreal |
Spouse |
Webb Edward Haymaker
(m. 1936; died 1984) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1946) |
Evelyn M. Anderson (March 20, 1899 – June 8, 1985) was an American physiologist and biochemist, most known for her co-discovery of adrenocorticotropic hormone (adreno-cortical thyroid hormone or ACTH) in 1934.[1][2]