 Frederick Sanger

ID: frederick-sanger

Ciro Santilli 37  Updated 2025-06-17  +Created 1970-01-01

Ah, this seems like a nice dude.

The Eighth Day of Creation has two nice paragraphs about his work. He was shy and quiet, and didn't boast about his slow and steady progress, possibly because of this he only had a junior fellowship and at some point some people wanted to kick him out of the lab somewhere between 1948 - 1952, quoted at: sandwalk.blogspot.com/2013/11/fred-sanger-1918-2013.html

Fred Sanger 1918-2013 by Birgitta Olofsson (2013)

Source. This is a good video especially is you know Cambridge, to help situate Sanger's places a bit. Good Sanger quote at the end:

I always tell people, it is much easier to get the second one than the first

Frederick Sanger was a renowned British biochemist who made significant contributions to the field of molecular biology and genetics. Born on August 13, 1918, and passing away on November 19, 2013, Sanger is best known for developing methods for sequencing DNA and proteins, which have had a tremendous impact on biology and medicine.

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