Erwin Chargaff | |
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| Born | 11 August 1905 |
| Died | 20 June 2002 (aged 96) |
| Nationality | American (since 1940) |
| Education | Maximiliansgymnasium |
| Alma mater | Vienna College of Technology (1924–1928) |
| Known for | Chargaff's rules |
| Spouse |
Vera Broido
(m. 1928; died 1995) |
| Children | Thomas Chargaff |
| Awards | Pasteur Medal (1949), National Medal of Science (1974) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Yale University (1925–1930), University of Berlin (1930–1933), Pasteur Institute (1933–1934), Columbia University (1935–1974), Roosevelt Hospital (1974–1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fritz Feigl |
| Doctoral students | Seymour S. Cohen, Boris Magasanik |
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Erwin Chargaff (11 August 1905 – 20 June 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American biochemist, writer, and professor of biochemistry at Columbia University medical school.[1] A Bucovinian Jew who emigrated to the United States during the Nazi regime, he penned a well-reviewed[2][3] autobiography, Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature.[4]
- ^ Wright, Pearce (2 July 2002). "Erwin Chargaff: Disillusioned biochemist who pioneered our understanding of DNA". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ Hecht F (1979). "Hecht F. Heraclitean fire. Sketches from a life before nature". American Journal of Human Genetics. 31 (6): 759.
- ^ Edsall JT (1979). "Heraclitean fire. Sketches from a life before nature". Isis. 70 (2): 276–277. doi:10.1086/352204.
- ^ Chargaff, Erwin (1978). Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature. Rockefeller University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0-874-70029-9.