Quotes by Frederick Sanger

About Frederick Sanger:


Frederick Sanger is John Bardeen in Physics), the fourth person overall with two Nobel Prizes, and the third person overall with two Nobel Prizes in the sciences. In 1958, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin". In 1980, Walter Gilbert and Sanger shared half of the chemistry prize "for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids". The other half was awarded to Paul Berg "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant DNA".

Author Bio


  • NameFrederick Sanger
  • DescriptionBritish biochemist
  • BornAugust 13, 1918
  • DiedNovember 19, 2013
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionBiochemist; Chemist
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Chemistry; Nobel Prize In Chemistry; Copley Medal; Fellow Of The Royal Society; Albert Lasker Award For Basic Medical Research; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Corday-Morgan Prize; Royal Medal