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Alexander Rich

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Alexander Rich (15 November 1924 to 27 April 2015) was an American biologist and biophysicist. He was the William Thompson Sedgwick Professor of Biophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1924 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1924-11-15 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
2015-04-27 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
2015 1
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Additional Source RNA World Hypothesis (Wikipedia)History section (edge: proposed-by, Rich)
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1. Alexander Rich (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
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    Alexander Rich (15 November 1924 - 27 April 2015) was an American biologist and biophysicist. He was the William Thompson Sedgwick Professor of Biophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (since 1958) and Harvard Medical School.
  • Lead section (birth-date)
    Alexander Rich (15 November 1924 - 27 April 2015)
  • Lead section (birth-year)
    Alexander Rich (15 November 1924 - 27 April 2015)
  • Lead section (death-date)
    Alexander Rich (15 November 1924 - 27 April 2015)
  • Lead section (death-year)
    Alexander Rich (15 November 1924 - 27 April 2015)
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RNA World Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
WikipediaProposed: RNA World Hypothesis, History section (edge: proposed-by, Rich)
Quote, Proposed: RNA World Hypothesis, History section (edge: proposed-by, Rich)
Alexander Rich first proposed the concept of the RNA world in 1962, and Walter Gilbert coined the term in 1986.
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