Lafayette Mendel
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Lafayette Benedict Mendel was an American biochemist known for his work in nutrition, with longtime collaborator Thomas B. Osborne, including the study of Vitamin A, Vitamin B, lysine and tryptophan.
Lafayette Mendel
Sheffield Scientific School
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Sheffield Scientific School was founded in 1847 as a school of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, for instruction in science and engineering. Originally named the Yale Scientific School, it was r
Lafayette Mendel
…economics and the humanities, as well as biology and chemistry at Yale University and graduated with honors in 1891. He then began graduate work at the Sheffield Scientific School on a fellowship and studied physiological chemistry under Russell Henry Chittenden. He finished his Ph.D. 1893 after only two years; his thesis topic…
Chemistry Class in 1898
Second President's House, home to the Department of Philosophy and the Arts, 1847–1860
Joseph Earl Sheffield (1793-1882), the school's namesake
Plaque commemorating Sheffield Hall