Carl Djerassi

American chemistry professor, inventor, author, playwright.

Born October 29th, 1923 in Vienna. [ref]

Died January 30th, 2015 at 91 years old in San Francisco (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
chemist, collector, playwright, science fiction writer, scientist, university teacher, writer
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