For the Canadian politician, see James Marshall Ferris.
Not to be confused with James Ferriss.
James P. Ferris
Born
1932
Nyack, New York
Died
March 4, 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 83–84)
Albany, New York
Alma mater
University of Pennsylvania Indiana University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards
NIH Career Award (1969) Oparin Medal (1996)
Scientific career
Fields
atmospheric photochemistry, origins of life, prebiotic chemistry
Institutions
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Salk Institute for Biological Studies Florida State University
James "Jim" P. Ferris (1932 – March 4, 2016) was an American chemist. He is known for his contributions to the understanding of the origins of life on Earth, specifically by demonstrating a successful mechanism of clay-catalyzed polymerization of RNA, providing further evidence for the RNA World Hypothesis. Additionally, his work in atmospheric photochemistry has illuminated many of the chemical processes which occur in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn's moon, Titan.
atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn's moon, Titan. Jim Ferris was born in Nyack, New York to Richard and Mabel Ferris, the youngest of five children. He completed...
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a single artist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ferris was the son of Stephen JamesFerris (1835-1915) : a portrait painter who was a devotee of...
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and Durham. Ferris acquired large amounts of property in the Campbellford area and his descendants donated the land which later became Ferris Provincial...
to it bore the name of the steamboat Osseo. The Ferris family were 18th-century residents, whose Ferris Point at the south-east corner of the Throggs Neck...
author on British Israelism during the later 1930s and 40s was Alexander JamesFerris. The BIWF continues to exist, with its main headquarters in Bishop Auckland...
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the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) made him a cultural icon. Rooney, self-important and obsessed with catching the chronic truant Ferris Bueller...
Jimmy Ferris (28 November 1894 – 10 October 1932) was an Irish footballer who played as a forward Ferris, an inside forward, began his career with Distillery...
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Ferris High School may refer to several schools in the United States: James J. Ferris High School, Jersey City, New Jersey Joel E. Ferris High School...
[ˈviːnɐ ˈʁiːzn̩ˌʁaːd]; 'Vienna Giant [Ferris] Wheel'), or simply Riesenrad, is a 64.75-metre (212 ft) tall Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement...
Ferris University (フェリス女学院大学, Ferisu Jogakuin Daigaku, "Ferris Women's University") is a private women's college in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. It is a...
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