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Up for sale a RARE! "Biochemist" Lewis G Longsworth Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1951.
ES-1551
Lewis Gibson Longsworth (November
16, 1904 – August 8, 1981) was an American chemist and biochemist. The New York Times said that his research "helped to
make notable for creating separation methods that allowed to measure trace
quantities of biological chemicals,[1] as well as for new methods and
improved techniques for studying the structures of proteins.[1] Longsworth was a member of
the National Academy of
Sciences and a professor at Rockefeller University. He
was also a member of the American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society,
Harvey Society, and Sigma Xi. He was the recipient of the 1968
American Chemical Society Award in Chromatography and Electrophoresis. Longsworth
was born in Somerset, Kentucky. He graduated from Southwestern College in
1925. Longsworth received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Kansas in
1928 and spent his career of 42 year at the Rockefeller Institute.
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