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Sydney Brenner

Sydney Brenner

South African biologist
Sydney Brenner CH FRS FMedSci MAE was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and Sir John E. Sulston. Wikipedia
Born: January 13, 1927, Germiston, South Africa
Died: April 5, 2019 (age 92 years), Singapore
Education: University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and more
Known for: Genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Copley Medal, Royal Medal, and more
Parents: Lena Brenner and Morris Brenner
Children: 3