Erwin Chargaff
1905
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2002
country of citizenship: United States of America, Austria
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Vienna, Yale University
occupation: biochemist, chemist, writer, biographer
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, National Medal of Science, Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics, Friedrich-Märker-Preis, Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer, Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik, Gregor Mendel Medal
Erwin Chargaff (11 August 1905 – 20 June 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American biochemist, writer, Bucovinian Jew who emigrated to the United States during the Nazi era, and professor of biochemistry at Columbia University medical school. He wrote a well-reviewed autobiography, Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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