What is Daniel Nathans?
{{Infobox Person | name = Daniel Nathans | image = | birth_date = October 30, 1928 in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] | death_date = November 16, 1999 | spouse = Joanne Gomberg | education = [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[University of Delaware]] | awards = [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Medicine]] (1978)<br>[[National Medal of Science]] (1993) }} {{Nobelprize|Physiology or Medicine}} '''Daniel Nathans''' (October 30, 1928 - November 16, 1999) was an [[Americans|American]] [[biologist]]. He won the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1978. His [[parents]] were both [[Russia]]n [[Judaism|Jews]] who came to the [[United States of America|U.S]] for a better life. Daniel Nathans parents, Samuel and Sarah Nathans met each other in the [[U.S]] and were married in [[Philadelphia]] in 1910. Sarah Nathans (Daniel’s mother) came to the [[U.S]] from Russia when she was 18 years old. Samuel Nathans (Daniel’s father) came to the [[U.S]] when he was a [[teenager]]. Daniel was born on October 30, 1928. He was the last of nine children in his family. He attended the [[University of Delaware]] in 1950 and earned a [[College Degree|Bachelor of Science]] in [[Chemistry]]. He then attended the [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and earned a [[College Degree|Master's Degree]] in 1954. In 1978, he won a Nobel Prize with [[Werner Arber]] and [[Hamilton O. Smith|Hamilton Smith]] for finding [[restriction enzymes]]. He won a [[National Medal of Science]] in 1993. Nathans died on November 16, 1999 at the age of 71. == Other websites == * http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1978/nathans-autobio.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501152857/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1978/nathans-autobio.html |date=2008-05-01 }} * http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/nathans.html {{Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nathans, Daniel}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:1999 deaths]] [[Category:American biologists]] [[Category:American Nobel Priz