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Born February 5, 1872 • New York
Died December 9, 1935 (aged 63) • New Haven • Connecticut
Subjects Of Study nutrient • protein • vitamin

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George Wells Beadle.
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American geneticist
Thomas Steitz
American biophysicist and biochemist
George P. Smith
American biochemist
Edward L. Tatum
American biochemist
Fenn, John B.
John B. Fenn
American scientist
Edwin Joseph Cohn
American biochemist
William H. Stein
American biochemist
Anfinsen, Christian B.
Christian B. Anfinsen
American biochemist
Stanford Moore
American biochemist
Israeli protein crystallographer Ada Yonath.
Ada Yonath
Israeli biochemist
William Prout
British chemist
Rodney Robert Porter
British biochemist
Max Ferdinand Perutz (left) and John Cowdery Kendrew, 1962.
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew
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Kossel, Albrecht
Albrecht Kossel
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Arne Tiselius
Swedish biochemist
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Gerty Cori
American biochemist