Kendall

American  

[ken-dl] / ˈkɛn dl /

noun

1. Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.

2. a male given name.

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Kendall British  

/ ˈkɛndəl /

noun

1. Edward Calvin. 1886–1972, US biochemist, who isolated the hormone thyroxine (1916). He shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1950) with Phillip Hench and Tadeus Reichstein for their work on hormones

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Kendall

Kendall had been a key backer of Democrat Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election, having defected from Henry Clay’s Whigs.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

“There’s good alignment about what is needed from the regulators that we work with, like the ones in the U.K., and clear expectation of what’s needed technically,” Kendall said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Wayve chief executive Alex Kendall described developing the technology as "the space race for our generation" but added there were some "really hard problems to solve" along the way.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The new corridor will give the industry more confidence, said Alissa Kendall, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Everyone’s happy that Mr. Kendall is gone, hopefully for good. They were quite impressed that you helped catch him, Crow.”

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk