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Born April 8, 1911 • Saint Paul • Minnesota
Died January 8, 1997 (aged 85) • Berkeley • California
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (1989) • Nobel Prize (1961)
Subjects Of Study Chlorella • origin of life • photosynthesis • radiation chemistry

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