1995 Death Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91 1991 Death Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93 1987 Death Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74 1986 Death Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, bio-chemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937), dies at 93 1965 Death James B Collip, Canadian bio-chemist (insulin), dies at 72 1952 Death Chaim Weizmann, bio-chemist/1st president Israel, dies at 77 1922 Birthday Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist, Nobel 1968 1914 Birthday Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, British bio-chemist, Nobel 1952 1913 Birthday Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones 1903 Birthday Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist, Nobel 1939 1896 Birthday Carl Ferdinand Cori, U.S. bio-chemist 1893 Birthday Edward A Doisy Sr, U.S. bio-chemist, Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943 1883 Birthday Moses Leverock Crossley, U.S. bio-chemist 1877 Birthday Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist