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Erwin Chargaff
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Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002) was an Austrian and American biochemist, chemist, writer, and biographer. Born in Chernivtsi, he died in New York City. He held a Doctor of Philosophy degree and served as a professor at Columbia University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Pasteur Institute. His academic career included education at the University of Vienna and Yale University, with Fritz Feigl as his doctoral advisor.
Chargaff’s work focused on biochemistry, specifically nucleic acids and DNA. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences. Among his awards were the Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Medal of Science, the Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer, and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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- Works
- 31
Top works
- The Nucleic acids
- Nucleic Acids : Chemistry and Biology
- Brevier der Ahnungen. Eine Auswahl aus dem Werk.
- The nucleic acids
- The nucleic acids
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1905-08-11 ) 11 August 1905, Czernowitz , Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 20 June 2002 (2002-06-20) (aged 96), New York City , United States
- Education
- Gymnasium Wasagasse , Vienna College of Technology (1924–1928)
- Known for
- Chargaff's rules
- Spouse
- Vera Broido ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1928 ; died 1995 )
- Children
- Thomas Chargaff
- Awards
- Pasteur Medal (1949), National Medal of Science (1974)
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erwin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Chernivtsi
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- biographer
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Employer
- Pasteur Institute
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Fritz Feigl
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Work location
- New York City
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- date of birth
- 1905-08-11
- date of death
- 2002-06-20
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- name in native language
- Erwin Chargaff
- professorship
- professor
- archives at
- German Literature Archive Marbach
- P8168
- Krásna Ves
- interested in
- biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
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. A Bucovinian Jew who immigrated to the United States during the Nazi regime, he penned a well-reviewed autobiography, Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature. Through careful experimentation, Chargaff discovered two rules, called Chargaff's rules, which helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
Early life
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