1891–1987
John Howard Northrop
American biochemist
95years old at death
35,024days lived
97%of the people on this site died younger
John Howard Northrop was born on 5 July 1891 and died on 27 May 1987, aged 95 years and 326 days. That is 35,024 days in all.
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