Chemist
Edward Calvin Kendall
American chemist who isolated cortisone.
Edward Calvin Kendall was an American biochemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz Reichstein and Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal glands. Kendall not only researched the adrenal glands, he also isolated thyroxine, a hormone of the thyroid gland and worked with the team that crystallized glutathione and identified its chemical structure.
- Born
- 1886-03-08, South Norwalk, USAA Monday
- Died
- 1972-05-04, Princeton, USAA Thursday, aged 86
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1886-03-08, South Norwalk, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 18°04′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 19°26′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 29°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 22°25′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Virgo | 15°01′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Libra | 2°45′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 1°28′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 6°26′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Taurus | 23°07′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 1°14′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1972-05-04, Princeton, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 14°16′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 22°20′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 18°16′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 26°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 24°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 8°10′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 6°32′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 15°07′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 4°25′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 29°38′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Edward Calvin Kendall was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.