Leslie Orgel

Leslie Eleazer Orgel
Born(1927-01-12)12 January 1927
Died27 October 2007(2007-10-27) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
California Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
Known forOrgel diagram
Origin of life
Orgel's rules
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
University of Cambridge

Leslie Eleazer Orgel FRS[1] (12 January 1927 – 27 October 2007) was a British chemist. He is known for his theories on the origin of life.

  1. ^ Dunitz, Jack D.; Joyce, Gerald F. (1 December 2013). "Leslie Eleazer Orgel. 12 January 1927 – 27 October 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 59: 277–289. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2013.0002. ISSN 0080-4606.