Stanley Rossiter Benedict, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanley Rossiter Benedict

American chemist

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1884

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1936

Profession: chemist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Stanley Rossiter Benedict (17 March 1884 – 21 December 1936) was an American chemist best known for discovering Benedict's reagent, a solution that detects certain sugars. Benedict was born in Cincinnati, and went to the University of Cincinnati.
After a year, he went to Yale's Department of Physiological Chemistry for training in metabolism and physiology.
He married Ruth Fulton.
However, it collapsed and his wife began a career in anthropology as Ruth Benedict.