National Medal of Science Biological Sciences 1974
For fundamental chemical and biological studies establishing the basis for modern concepts of the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the genetic role of nucleic acids.
Biography
A biographical memoir by Seymour Cohen with selected bibliography by Robert Lehman, National Academy Press, biography 12 pages, 15 pages total.
Name: Erwin Chargaff
Birth: 11 August 1905
Death: 20 June 2002
Affiliation: Columbia University
Role: For fundamental chemical and biological studies establishing the basis for modern concepts of the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the genetic role of nucleic acids.
Biography