Biochemist
Arthur Kornberg
American biochemist who synthesised DNA in a test tube.
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid" together with Spanish biochemist and physician Severo Ochoa of New York University. He was also awarded the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1951, an L.H.D. degree from Yeshiva University in 1962, and the National Medal of Science in 1979. In 1991, Kornberg received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement and the Gairdner Foundation Award in 1995.
- Born
- 1918-03-03, Brooklyn, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 2007-10-26, Stanford, USAA Friday, aged 89
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1918-03-03, Brooklyn, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 12°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 15°47′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 4°11′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 12°45′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 28°11′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 3°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 8°47′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 24°45′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 4°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 3°28′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2007-10-26, Stanford, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 2°58′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 11°25′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 26°52′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Virgo | 16°31′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 9°58′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 18°36′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 6°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 15°06′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 19°15′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 26°55′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Arthur Kornberg was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
