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Christian Anfinsen

Christian AnfinsenAKA Christian Boehmer Anfinsen

Born: 26-Mar-1916
Birthplace: Monessen, PA
Died: 14-May-1995
Location of death: Randallstown, MD
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Molecular structure of proteins

    University: BA, Swarthmore College (1937)
    University: MS Organic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania (1939)
    University: PhD Biochemistry, Harvard Medical School (1943)
    Professor: Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School (1962-63)
    Professor: Biology, Johns Hopkins University (1982-95)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1972 (with Stanford Moore and William H. Stein)
    Guggenheim Fellowship 1958
    National Academy of Sciences 1963
    American Cancer Society
    Converted to Judaism

Author of books:
The Molecular Basis of Evolution (1959)


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