Erwin Chargaff Quotes

A collection of quotes by Erwin Chargaff.

Erwin Chargaff was a renowned Austrian-American biochemist, born on August 11, 1905, in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary (now part of Ukraine). His significant contributions to genetics and molecular biology laid the foundation for understanding the structure of DNA. Chargaff's most notable discovery, known as Chargaff's rules, highlighted the equal proportion of adenine and thymine, as well as guanine and cytosine bases in DNA. His work was fundamental to Watson and Crick's double helix model of DNA. Chargaff held academic positions at various prestigious institutions and was widely recognized for his exceptional scientific achievements. He passed away on June 20, 2002, in New York City.