Christian B. Anfinsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian B. Anfinsen

American biochemist

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1916

Place of Birth: Monessen, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 14-May-1995

Profession: chemist, university teacher, biochemist, biophysicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Christian Boehmer Anfinsen Jr.
(March 26, 1916 – May 14, 1995) was an American biochemist.
He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Stanford Moore and William Howard Stein for work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation (see Anfinsen's dogma).