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Herbert Boyer

1936 - Today

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Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered recombinant DNA, a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which aided in jump-starting the field of genetic engineering. By 1969, he had performed studies on a couple of restriction enzymes of E. coli with especially useful properties. He is recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science, co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson–MIT Prize, and a co-founder of Genentech. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Boyer is the 992nd most popular biologist (down from 976th in 2019), the 9,727th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,126th in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Herbert Boyer ranks 992 out of 1,097. Before him are Frederic Moore, David Prain, John Cassin, Max Fürbringer, George Montagu, and Gottlieb Haberlandt. After him are George Engelmann, Theobald Smith, Samuel Garman, David A. Sinclair, Ryuta Kawashima, and John Claudius Loudon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Herbert Boyer ranks 497. Before him are Hal Greer, Margaret Mahy, Carey Bell, Dimitar Largov, Robert F. Overmyer, and David Hess. After him are Tunne Kelam, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Janusz Zakrzeński, José Manuel Pesudo, René Ferrier, and Owen Roizman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Boyer ranks 9,729 out of 20,380. Before him are Franklin Graham (1952), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Robert F. Overmyer (1936), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Jimmy Garrison (1934), and David Hess (1936). After him are Steven Mnuchin (1962), Daniel Kelly (1883), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), Mary Miles Minter (1902), A. J. Foyt (1935), and Utada Hikaru (1983).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Herbert Boyer ranks 148. Before him are Osamu Hayaishi (1920), William Healey Dall (1845), John Torrey (1796), Richard Evans Schultes (1915), James Chapin (1889), and John Cassin (1813). After him are Theobald Smith (1859), Samuel Garman (1843), Edward William Nelson (1855), G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906), Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), and Annie Montague Alexander (1867).

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