Britton Chance
Britton Chance | |
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Britton Chance (Photo by Ron Kroon, 1965) | |
| Born | July 24, 1913 |
| Died | November 16, 2010 (aged 97) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania BA 1935, MA 1936, Ph.D. 1940 Cambridge University, Ph.D. 1942 |
| Known for | Kinetics of fast enzyme-catalysed reactions Optical imaging MRI Sailing |
| Children | Britton Chance Jr., Jan O'Malley |
| Father | Edwin Mickley Chance |
| Awards | National Medal of Science, President's Certificate of Merit Olympic Gold medal in 5.5-meter sailing |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics and Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania National Cheng Kung University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Norwegian Nobel Institute Medical Diagnostic Research Foundation |
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's sailing | ||
| Representing the United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1952 Helsinki | 5.5 metre class | |
| World Championship | ||
| 1962 Poole | 5.5 metre class | |
Britton "Brit" Chance ForMemRS (July 24, 1913 – November 16, 2010) was an American biochemist, biophysicist, scholar, and inventor whose work helped develop spectroscopy as a way to diagnose medical problems. He was "a world leader in transforming theoretical science into useful biomedical and clinical applications" and is considered "the founder of the biomedical photonics." He received the National Medal of Science in 1974.
He also was an Olympic athlete who won a gold medal in sailing for the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the 5.5 Metre Class.