Carl
Richard
Woese
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
[private wife (1930s - unknown)]
Father of
[private son (1960s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1960s - unknown)]
Died
at age 84
in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Biography
Carl Woese is Notable.
Carl was born in 1928. He passed away in 2012. He was an American Biophysicist who discovered the third branch of life beyond bacteria and eucarya: the archaea and thereby redrawing the tree of life. He also pioneered research into RNA and its uses in understanding the relationships between organisms, further advancing the understanding of the origins of life and shedding light on possible mechanics of evolution.
His papers are held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
His life, research, personality, influence and his own scientific influences are a significant portion of David Quammens's book The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Quammen, David. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. Simon Schustr. 14 August 2018.
- Chicago Tribune; Publication Date: 13 Jan 2013; Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/241135162/?article=c37d33b3-dd98-4cdb-8072-ed4c806ebd8b&focus=0.3409533,0.94451314,0.5018833,0.99002093&xid=3355
- https://www.famousscientists.org/carl-woese/
- Wikipedia:Carl Woese
- "Carl Woese Papers, 1911-2013" at the University of Illinois Archives
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