Friedrich Miescher
Swiss physician and biologist
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Johannes Friedrich Miescher was a Swiss physician and biologist. He was the first scientist to isolate nucleic acid in 1869. He also identified protamine and made several other discoveries. Wikipedia
Born: August 13, 1844, Basel, Switzerland
Died: August 26, 1895 (age 51 years), Davos, Switzerland
Known for: Discovery of nucleic acid
Education: Universität Basel and Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Parents: Friedrich Miescher-His and Charlotte Antonie His
Spouse: Maria Anna Rüsch