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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.

Facts
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1924 2
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1924-11-15 2
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
2015-04-27 2
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
2015 2
Death Place
Boston, United States 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Hartford, United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Biology 1
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Source Alexander Rich (Wikipedia)

Proposed

Additional Source RNA World Hypothesis (Wikipedia)History section (edge: proposed-by, Rich)

Works In

Biology, Disciplines
Source Alexander Rich (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

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Source Alexander Rich (Wikidata)
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1. Alexander Rich (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P20 (place of death): Boston, United States
    Q100
  • P19 (place of birth): Hartford, United States
    Q33486
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2. Alexander Rich (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (entity-description)
    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)
  • Member Of: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Works In: Biology, Lead sentence
    Alexander Rich (15 November 1924 - 27 April 2015) was an American biologist and biophysicist.
  • Works In: Biophysics, Lead sentence
    Alexander Rich (15 November 1924 - 27 April 2015) was an American biologist and biophysicist.
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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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