Margaret Oakley Dayhoff
American chemist and physics researcher
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Margaret Belle Dayhoff was an American physical chemist and a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics. Wikipedia
Born: March 11, 1925, Philadelphia, PA
Died: February 5, 1983 (age 57 years), Silver Spring, MD
Education: Columbia University, Bayside High School, The Rockefeller University, and more
Known for: Substitution matrices; one-letter code
Nationality: American