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Carl Djerassi
1923 – 2015
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryCarl Djerassi was a Viennese-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills, nicknamed the "father of the pill".
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 29, 1923
Vienna
Date of death
January 30, 2015
San Francisco
Citizenship
Austria · United States · Bulgaria
Occupations & fields
chemistwriteruniversity teacherscience fiction writerscientistcollector
Awards & honours
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAustrian Decoration for Science and ArtGreat Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of AustriaWilliam Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementWillard Gibbs AwardACS Award in Pure Chemistry
- Field and occupation
- rakousko-americký chemik a spisovatel
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