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Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe: Quick Facts

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Born December 8, 1845 • Manchester • England
Died February 23, 1925 (aged 79) • Salcombe Regis • England
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Joseph Black, detail of an engraving by J. Rogers after a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn
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Frederick Sanger, 1993
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British chemist
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Indian-born physicist and molecular biologist
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Max Ferdinand Perutz (left) and John Cowdery Kendrew, 1962.
Max Ferdinand Perutz
British biochemist
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Francis William Aston.
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