Samuel Mitja Rapoport, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Mitja Rapoport

American biochemist

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1912

Place of Birth: Volochysk, Khmelnytsky Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 07-Jul-2004

Profession: physician, biochemist

Nationality: United States, Austria, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Samuel Mitja Rapoport (27 November 1912 – 7 July 2004) was a Russian-born German university professor of biochemistry in East Germany.
Of Jewish descent and a committed communist, he fled Austria after the annexation for the United States.
In 1950, as a result of an investigation of un-American activities, he was offered a professorship in East Berlin.
He was married to the renowned pediatrician Ingeborg Rapoport.