American pharmaceutical chemist and writer (1923–2015)
Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi in 2004
Born
(1923-10-29)October 29, 1923
Vienna, Austria
Died
January 30, 2015(2015-01-30) (aged 91)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nationality
Austrian
American
Bulgarian
Alma mater
Kenyon College (BS)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)
Known for
Contraceptive pill
Djerassi Artists Residency
Children
2
Parent(s)
Samuel Djerassi (father) Alice Friedmann (mother)
Scientific career
Fields
Chemistry
Institutions
Syntex
Wayne State University
Stanford University
Website
www.djerassi.com
Carl Djerassi (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills,[1][2][3] nicknamed the "father of the pill".[4]
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^Ball P (2015) "Carl Djerassi", Nature 519(7541), 34.
^Zare, R. N. (2015). "Carl Djerassi (1923-2015)". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54 (17): 5001–5002. doi:10.1002/anie.201501335. PMID 25809781.
^Joachim Haupt (2008). Mein Leben – Carl Djerassi, der Vater der Pille (in German). ZDF, Arte. 43 minutes in. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
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