Which Happened First?

Christian B. Anfinsen

Christian B. Anfinsen
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Christian Boehmer Anfinsen Jr. was an American biochemist. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Stanford Moore and William Howard Stein for work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Charles KittelJuly 18, 1916 – May 15, 2019
  2. Christian B. Anfinsen (this page)March 26, 1916 – May 14, 1995
  3. Francis CrickJune 8, 1916 – July 28, 2004
  4. Herbert FriedmanJune 21, 1916 – September 2000
  5. Robert F. FurchgottJune 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009
  6. Vitaly GinzburgOctober 4, 1916 – November 8, 2009

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