Edward C. Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward C. Taylor

American chemist

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1923

Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 22-Nov-2017

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Edward Curtis Taylor, Jr.
(August 3, 1923 – November 22, 2017) was an American chemist who designed and synthesized the chemotherapy drug pemetrexed (brand name Alimta), an inhibitor of purine biosynthesis, with grant support from the U.S.
National Cancer Institute, NIH.
Taylor studied for his PhD from 1946 to 1949 at Cornell University with Professor Cornelius Cain.
As of 2009, royalties for this drug from Eli Lilly & Co.
paid to Princeton University were sufficient to completely finance a state-of-the-art 263,000-square-foot (24,400 m2) chemistry laboratory building.
Taylor has trained 187 PhD students.