Erwin Chargaff

Erwin Chargaff (August 11, 1905 – June 20, 2002) was an Austrian biochemist. Through careful experimentation, Chargaff discovered two rules that helped lead to the discovery of the double helical structure of DNA.

Early life

Chargaff was born in Czernowitz, Bukowina, Austria. From 1923 to 1928, Chargaff studied chemistry in Vienna, receiving a doctorate. From 1928 to 1930, Chargaff served as the Milton Campbell Research Fellow in organic chemistry at Yale University. Chargaff returned to Europe, where he lived from 1930 to 1934, serving first as the assistant in charge of chemistry for the department of bacteriology and public health at the University of Berlin (1930-1933), and then as a research associate at the Pasteur Institute in Paris (1933-1934).

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Czernowitz - Bukowina - Austria - 1923 - 1928 - Chemistry - Vienna - 1930 - Organic chemistry - Yale University - Europe - 1934 - Bacteriology - University of Berlin - 1933 - Pasteur Institute - Paris

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