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Har Gobind Khorana

Indian-American molecular biologist (1922-2011)

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Har Gobind Khorana (9 January 1922 – 9 November 2011) was an Indian-American biochemist. While on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell and control the cell's synthesis of proteins. Khorana and Nirenberg were also awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University in the same year.

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Born
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Place of birth
Raipur wd
Died
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Place of death
Concord wd
Citizenship
British Raj, United States wd
Occupation
geneticist, biologist, university teacher, chemist wd
Education
University of the Punjab, University of Liverpool, University of Cambridge, Government College University wd

Awards wd

  • Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1968)
  • Willard Gibbs Award (1974)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1968)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1968)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1980)
  • ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (1969)
  • National Medal of Science (1987)
  • Dannie Heineman Prize (1967)
  • Padma Vibhushan in Science & Engineering (1969)
  • Remsen Award (1968)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1978)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
  • honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1994)
  • Great Immigrants Award (2010)

About

Born in Raipur, Punjab (during the British Raj), Khorana served on the faculties of three universities in North America. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1966, and received the National Medal of Science in 1987.

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When was Har Gobind Khorana born?
Har Gobind Khorana was born on 9 January 1922 in Raipur.
Where did Har Gobind Khorana study?
Har Gobind Khorana was educated at University of the Punjab, University of Liverpool, University of Cambridge, Government College University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Har Gobind Khorana · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q107462 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Har Gobind Khorana nobel.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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