What is André Jagendorf?
[[File:Andre T. Jagendorf.tif|thumb|right|200px|Jagendorf in 2016]] '''André Tridon Jagendorf''' (October 21, 1926 &ndash; March 13, 2017) was an American plant biologist and educator. He was a [[Liberty Hyde Bailey]] Professor [[Emeritus]] in the Section of Plant Biology<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cobb|first1=Edward D.|title=150 Years of Botany at Cornell: A History of Botany and Plant Biology|date=2013|publisher=Cornell University|location=Ithaca, NY|pages=101–102, 123–124|edition=second printing, first}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Kass, L. B.|author2=E. Cobb|title=Landmarks and Milestones in American Plant Biology: The Cornell Connection|journal=Plant Science Bulletin|date=2007|volume=53|issue=3|pages=90–101|url=http://botany.org/PlantScienceBulletin/psb-2007-53-3.pdf|access-date=September 14, 2016|archive-date=December 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214121147/http://botany.org/plantsciencebulletin/psb-2007-53-3.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> at [[Cornell University]]. He was known for providing direct evidence that [[chloroplasts]] synthesize [[adenosine triphosphate]] (ATP) using the [[chemiosmotic]] mechanism proposed by [[Peter D. Mitchell|Peter Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jagendorf|first1=A. T.|title=Photophosphorylation and the chemiosmotic perspective|journal=Photosynthesis Research|date=2002|volume=73|issue=1–3|pages=233–241|doi=10.1023/A:1020415601058|pmid=16245126|s2cid=2011445}}</ref> Jagendorf was born in [[New York City]] on October 21, 1926.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lindeberg|first1=Magdalen|title=André Jagendorf celebrates 90th birthday|url=https://blogs.cornell.edu/sips/2016/10/26/andre-jagendorf-celebrates-90th-birthday/|website=School of Integrative Plant Science, Ccornell University|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> He studied at [[Cornell University]], at [[Yale University]] and at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. Jagendorf died in [[Ithaca, New York]] from a [[heart attack]] on March 13, 2017, aged 90. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites=