Alexander Oparin

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Alexander Oparin was a Soviet biochemist best known for pioneering modern theories on the chemical origins of life and prebiotic evolution.

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instanceOf Soviet scientist
biochemist
origin of life researcher
academicAdvisor Alexei Bakh NERFINISHED
awardReceived Hero of Socialist Labour NERFINISHED
Lenin Prize NERFINISHED
Order of Lenin
Stalin Prize NERFINISHED
birthDate 1894-03-02
birthPlace Russian Empire
Uglich NERFINISHED
Yaroslavl Governorate NERFINISHED
concept coacervate droplets as precursors of cells
countryOfCitizenship Russia NERFINISHED
Soviet Union
deathDate 1980-04-21
deathPlace Moscow NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
educatedAt Moscow State University
employer Moscow State University NERFINISHED
USSR Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
era 20th century
ethnicGroup Russian
familyName Oparin NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork biochemistry
origin of life
prebiotic evolution
givenName Alexander
influenced Harold Urey NERFINISHED
J. B. S. Haldane NERFINISHED
Stanley Miller NERFINISHED
influencedBy Charles Darwin
Friedrich Engels NERFINISHED
knownFor coacervate theory
prebiotic soup hypothesis
theory of the origin of life
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
memberOf Academy of Sciences of the USSR NERFINISHED
name Alexander Oparin NERFINISHED
nativeName Александр Иванович Опарин NERFINISHED
notableWork The Origin of Life NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of the Institute of Biochemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1924
residence Moscow
sexOrGender male
theory early Earth atmosphere was reducing
life arose gradually from nonliving matter through chemical evolution
workLocation Moscow

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