Erwin Chargaff
Chemist, Author
1905 – 2002
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Who was Erwin Chargaff?
Erwin Chargaff was an Austrian biochemist who immigrated to the United States during the Nazi era and was a professor of biochemistry at Columbia University medical school. Through careful experimentation, Chargaff discovered two rules that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
Chargaff had one son, Thomas, with his wife Vera Broido, whom he married in 1928. Chargaff became an American citizen in 1940.
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- Born
- Aug 11, 1905
Chernivtsi - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Austria
- Profession
- Education
- Doctorate, University of Vienna
Chemistry
(1924 - 1928) - Yale University
- Doctorate, University of Vienna
- Lived in
- New York
(1934 - 2002/06/20)
- New York
- Died
- Jun 20, 2002
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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