Erwin Chargaff

Erwin Chargaff
Born(1905-08-11)11 August 1905
Died20 June 2002(2002-06-20) (aged 96)
NationalityAmerican (since 1940)
EducationMaximiliansgymnasium
Alma materVienna College of Technology (1924–1928)
Known forChargaff's rules
Spouse
Vera Broido
(m. 1928; died 1995)
ChildrenThomas Chargaff
AwardsPasteur Medal (1949), National Medal of Science (1974)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsYale University (1925–1930), University of Berlin (1930–1933), Pasteur Institute (1933–1934), Columbia University (1935–1974), Roosevelt Hospital (1974–1992)
Doctoral advisorFritz Feigl
Doctoral studentsSeymour 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]

  1. ^ Wright, Pearce (2 July 2002). "Erwin Chargaff: Disillusioned biochemist who pioneered our understanding of DNA". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  2. ^ Hecht F (1979). "Hecht F. Heraclitean fire. Sketches from a life before nature". American Journal of Human Genetics. 31 (6): 759.
  3. ^ Edsall JT (1979). "Heraclitean fire. Sketches from a life before nature". Isis. 70 (2): 276–277. doi:10.1086/352204.
  4. ^ Chargaff, Erwin (1978). Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature. Rockefeller University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0-874-70029-9.