Arthur Kornberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Kornberg

American biochemist

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1918

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 26-Oct-2007

Profession: physician, chemist, university teacher, biochemist, academic, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Arthur Kornberg (March 3, 1918 – October 26, 2007) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)" together with Dr.
Severo Ochoa of New York University.
He was also awarded the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1951, L.H.D.
degree from Yeshiva University in 1962, as well as National Medal of Science in 1979. His primary research interests were in biochemistry, especially enzyme chemistry, deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis (DNA replication) and studying the nucleic acids which control heredity in animals, plants, bacteria and viruses.