Kendall

American

[ken-dl] / ˈkɛn dl /

noun

Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
a male given name.

Kendall British

/ ˈkɛndəl /

noun

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

The Kendall County Coroner's Office in Illinois said Hastert died at his home Saturday night while under hospice care.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Jenner, who is mother to Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall, Kylie,and Rob, purchased the home with her former spouse, Caitlyn Jenner, for $4 million in 2010—three years after the Kardashians’ wildly popular series debuted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Wiegman has handed debuts to 21 players since her arrival in September 2021, but only Lauren James, Hannah Hampton and Lucia Kendall have become established starters.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Perhaps the most striking is the story of Compound E, an adrenal hormone isolated by the Mayo Clinic biochemist Edward Kendall in 1935 and later synthesized with great difficulty by Tishler and other Merck chemists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Kendall cocked an eyebrow, and her hand went on her hip.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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