Melvin Ellis Calvin ( April 8 , 1911 -- January 8 , 1997 ) was an American chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham , for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
Melvin Ellis Calvin ( April 8 , 1911 -- January 8 , 1997 ) was an American chemist . He discovered the Calvin cycle ( with Andrew Benson and James Bassham ) .