Alexander Ivanovich Oparin (2 March 1894 to 21 April 1980) was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories about the origin of life and for his book The Origin of Life.
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P27 (country of citizenship): Soviet Union
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P20 (place of death): Moscow, Russia
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P19 (place of birth): Uglich, Russia
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Alexander Ivanovich Oparin (2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1894-21 April 1980) was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories about the origin of life and for his book The Origin of Life.
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Born: 2 March 1894
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Born: 2 March 1894
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Died: 21 April 1980
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Died: 21 April 1980
Works In: Biochemistry, Infobox, fields
Infobox fields: Biochemistry
Member Of: Moscow State University, Infobox: workplaces
Moscow State University USSR Academy of Sciences
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Alexander Oparin in 1924 and J. B. S. Haldane in 1929 proposed that the earliest cells slowly self-organized from a primordial soup, the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis.
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