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Benson, Andrew A. (Andrew Alm), 1917-2015

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Personal name headingBenson, Andrew A. (Andrew Alm), 1917-2015
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Variant(s)Benson, Andrew A. (Andrew Alm), 1917-
Benson, A. A. (Andrew Alm), 1917-2015
Other standard no.Q4756330
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeLa Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)
LocatedModesto (Calif.)
Birth date1917-09-24
Death date2015-01-16
Place of birthModesto (Calif.)
Place of deathSan Diego (Calif.)
Field of activityBotany Botanical chemistry
AffiliationScripps Institution of Oceanography. Marine Biology Research Division
Profession or occupationBotanists Biochemists
Found inAndrew A. Benson papers, 1954-1965 (Andrew A. Benson; Andrew Alm Benson; biochemist; b. 1917 in Modesto, Calif.)
National Academy of Sciences member directory, viewed online Jan. 3, 2023 (Andrew A. Benson. University of California, San Diego. September 24, 1917 - January 16, 2015. Scientific discipline: Plant Biology)
   <http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/57805.html>
Scripps Institution of Oceanography website, Jan. 3, 2023: Obituary notice: Andrew Benson: world-renowned Scripps plant biochemist (Andrew Alm Benson, a distinguished emeritus professor of biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, and renowned as one of the world's leading plant scientists of the twentieth century, died on Jan. 16, 2015, at UC San Diego's Thornton Hospital. He was a member of Scripps Oceanography's Marine Biology Research Division since 1962. Born and raised in Modesto, Calif., Benson attended UC Berkeley where he received a BS in chemistry in 1939. He then attended Caltech and received a PhD in chemistry in 1942.)
   <https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/obituary-notice-andrew-benson-world-renowned-scripps-plant-biochemist>
OCLC, Jan. 3, 2023 (access points: Benson, Andrew A. (Andrew Alma), 1917-; Benson, Andrew A; Benson, A. A.; Benson, Andrew A, 1917-; usage: Andrew A. Benson, A.A. Benson)