In 1980, Frederick Sanger won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 13 August 1918.
Died: 19 November 2013.
Nationality: British.
Education: University of Cambridge Ph.D.
Known as: Determining the amino acid sequence of insulin, Sanger sequencing Sanger Centre.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1958), Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (1967), Royal Medal (1969), Gairdner Foundation International Award (1971) William Bate Hardy Prize (1976), Copley Medal (1977), Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1979), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1980).
Fields: Biochemistry.
