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Arthur Kornberg

American biochemist

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Arthur Kornberg (March 3, 1918 – October 26, 2007) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid" together with Spanish biochemist and physician Severo Ochoa of New York University. He was also awarded the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1951, an L.H.D. degree from Yeshiva University in 1962, and the National Medal of Science in 1979. In 1991, Kornberg received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement and the Gairdner Foundation Award in 1995.

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Born
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Place of birth
Brooklyn wd
Died
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Place of death
Stanford wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physician, biochemist, university teacher, non-fiction writer, chemist wd
Education
City College of New York, Grossman School of Medicine, University of Rochester, Abraham Lincoln High School, URochester Medicine wd

Awards wd

  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (1951)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1959)
  • AMA Scientific Achievement Award (1968)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1970)
  • National Medal of Science (1979)
  • doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1981)
  • Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1983)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1995)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1997)

About

Kornberg's primary research interests were in biochemistry, especially enzyme chemistry, deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis (DNA replication) and studying the nucleic acids which control heredity in animals, plants, bacteria and viruses.

Questions

When was Arthur Kornberg born?
Arthur Kornberg was born on 3 March 1918 in Brooklyn.
Where did Arthur Kornberg study?
Arthur Kornberg was educated at City College of New York, Grossman School of Medicine, University of Rochester, Abraham Lincoln High School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Arthur Kornberg · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q295678 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Arthur Kornberg 1969 B.jpg (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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