Physician
Oswald Avery
Showed DNA carries heredity, nine years before the double helix.
Oswald Theodore Avery Jr. was a Canadian-American physician and medical researcher. The major part of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Hospital in New York City. Avery was one of the first molecular biologists and a pioneer in immunochemistry, but he is best known for the experiment that isolated DNA as the material of which genes and chromosomes are made.
- Born
- 1877-10-21, Halifax, CanadaA Sunday
- Died
- 1955-02-02, Nashville, USAA Wednesday, aged 77
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1877-10-21, Halifax, Canada · time unknown, noon chart
America/Halifaxthe zone used then
America/HalifaxThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 28°22′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 21°01′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 13°47′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 10°08′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 10°10′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 29°16′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 14°11′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Leo | 28°35′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Taurus | 6°21′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 25°00′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1955-02-02, Nashville, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 13°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 16°34′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 29°32′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 26°28′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 13°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 22°35′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 20°34′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 24°55′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 28°14′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 25°52′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Oswald Avery 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.