Born:James Bryant Conant, (1893-03-26)March 26, 1893, Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:February 11, 1978(1978-02-11) (aged 84), Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
Rank:Major
Awards:American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1934), Commandeur, Légion d'honneur (1936), Benjamin Franklin Medal (1943), Priestley Medal (1944), Medal for Merit (1946), Kentucky colonel (1946), Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1948), Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1957), Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction (1963), Sylvanus Thayer Award (1965), Clark Kerr Medal (1977), Fellow of the Royal Society