Born August 13,
1918
British born
biochemist, he won two
Nobel Prizes in
chemistry. He was only the second person ever to win two in the same field,
John Bardeen being the first (
Physics), and the first (so far the only) to win two in Chemistry. He won his Nobel Prizes in
1958, for discovering the
amino acid sequence of
insulin, and in
1980, with
Walter Gilbert, for inventing the orignal method of rapid
DNA sequencing. He is still alive today, doing research at
Cambridge University, and is reputedly working on getting a 3rd Nobel in Chemistry.
See also:
Nobel Prizes: ChemistryDNA Sequencing
Editors note:
Frederick Sanger died on November 19, 2013 at the age of 95. No cause of death was given.