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Ralph F. Hirschmann

American chemist
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Category: Science & Tech
Born:
May 6, 1922, Fürth, Ger.
Died:
June 20, 2009, Lansdale, Pa., U.S. (aged 87)
Awards And Honors:
National Medal of Science (2000)
Subjects Of Study:
organic chemistry
peptide
ribonuclease
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Ralph F. Hirschmann (born May 6, 1922, Fürth, Ger.—died June 20, 2009, Lansdale, Pa., U.S.) American chemist who is best known for his development of techniques for the chemical synthesis of peptides. Hirschmann’s work significantly impacted the area of medicinal chemistry, proving fundamental to breakthroughs in drug development in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Hirschmann was the youngest of three boys, and his father worked as a banker. In the late 1930s, following the rise to power of the Nazi Party in Germany, the Hirschmann family moved to Kansas City, Mo., U.S. Hirschmann attended Oberlin College in Ohio, ...(100 of 645 words)

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