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Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi
Djerassi in 2004
Born(1923-10-29)October 29, 1923
Vienna, Austria
DiedJanuary 30, 2015(2015-01-30) (aged 91)
Nationality
  • Austrian
  • American
  • Bulgarian
Alma mater
Known for
Children2
Parents
  • Samuel Djerassi (father)
  • Alice Friedmann (mother)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Institutions
Websitewww.djerassi.com

Carl Djerassi (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills,[1][2][3] nicknamed the "father of the pill".[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nytobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ball P (2015) "Carl Djerassi", Nature 519(7541), 34.
  3. ^ Zare, R. N. (2015). "Carl Djerassi (1923-2015)". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54 (17): 5001–5002. doi:10.1002/anie.201501335. PMID 25809781.
  4. ^ Joachim Haupt (2008). Mein Leben – Carl Djerassi, der Vater der Pille (in German). ZDF, Arte. 43 minutes in. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

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