The scientist Joshua Lederberg

Joshua Lederberg

Living place: New Jersey

Birthday: 23-5-1925 (99 years old)

Population of US 1925: 115,829,000

Global rank: #88165

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Who is The scientist Joshua Lederberg?
American molecular biologist was only 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He then worked for NASA on a team that looked for life on Mars.
His discovery that bacteria could mate and exchange genes allowed scientists to use bacteria in genetic research, eventually leading to studies of recombinant DNA.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied under fellow Nobel laureate Edward L. Tatum at Yale University, and published with him a paper in 1946 showing that E. Coli bacteria could interbreed.

Family life info

He grew up in Montclair, New Jersey.

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He has collaborated with renowned scientific author Carl Sagan to advance biological research.

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When was The scientist Joshua Lederberg born?
Joshua Lederberg birthday 23-5-1925 (at the age of 99).
Where is The scientist Joshua Lederberg's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Joshua Lederberg was born in New Jersey, . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Joshua Lederberg's global rank is 88165 and whose rank is 691 in list of famous The scientist. Population of US in 1925 is about 115,829,000 persons.
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Events in 1925 and 23-5

Events in US in the birth year of Joshua Lederberg

  • Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of Wyoming (Jan. 5). She is the first woman governor in U.S. history.
  • Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes is arrested (May 5) for teaching the theory of evolution, forbidden by state law.
  • Worst tornado in U.S. history hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana: 689 deaths.
  • Al Capone takes over the Chicago bootlegging racket.

Birthday Joshua Lederberg (23-5) in history

  • Day 23-5 year 1430: The heroic French warrior Joanna of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and sold to the British.
  • Day 23-5 year 1788: South Carolina became the 8th state in United States.
  • Day 23-5 year 1830: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.
  • Day 23-5 year 1873: The North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. It would later be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • Day 23-5 year 1911: The New York Public Library, at the time the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President Taft in New York City after 16 years of construction.
  • Day 23-5 year 1934: Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) were killed in a police shootout.
  • Day 23-5 year 1945: Heinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo, committed suicide while in prison.
  • Day 23-5 year 1949: The German Federal Republic came into existence.
  • Day 23-5 year 1997: Moderate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.
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