Fred Sanger, the quiet giant of genomics, dies at the age of 95
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Monday November 25, 2013
Génome Québec pays tribute to Fred Sanger, who died on Tuesday 19 November 2013, at the age of 95. He was the quiet giant of genomics, the father of an area of science that we will explore for decades to come.
His achievements rank alongside those of Francis Crick, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins in discovering the structure of DNA. He twice won the Nobel Prize in chemistry (1958 et 1980).