Alexander Oparin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Oparin

Soviet biochemist

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1894

Place of Birth: Uglich, Russia

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1980

Profession: chemist, biologist, biochemist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Alexander Ivanovich Oparin (????????? ???????? ??????; March 2 [O.S.
February 18] 1894 – April 21, 1980) was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories about the origin of life, and for his book The Origin of Life.
He also studied the biochemistry of material processing by plants and enzyme reactions in plant cells.
He showed that many food-production processes were based on biocatalysis and developed the foundations for industrial biochemistry in the USSR.