Biologist
David Baltimore
Won the Nobel Prize at thirty seven for discovering reverse transcriptase, which overturned a central assumption of molecular biology. Born in New York City.
David Baltimore was an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He was a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006. He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990. In 2008, he served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Born
- 1938-03-07, New York, New York, USAA Monday
- Died
- 2025-09-06, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USAA Saturday, aged 87
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1938-03-07, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 16°28′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 25°02′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 15°45′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 24°10′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 26°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 17°58′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 5°17′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 10°42′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 19°52′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 28°05′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2025-09-06, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 14°19′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 0°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 7°56′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 14°22′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 19°36′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 18°51′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 29°37′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 1°27′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries | 1°12′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 1°40′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment David Baltimore 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.