What is Alexander Spirin?
'''Alexander Sergeevich Spirin''' ([[Russian (language)|Russian]]: Александр Сергеевич Спирин) (4 September 1931 – 30 December 2020) was a [[Russia]]n [[biochemist]]. He was a Distinguished Professor at the [[Lomonosov Moscow State University]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://letopis.msu.ru/content/zasluzhennye-professora-moskovskogo-universiteta | title=Заслуженные профессора Московского университета &#124; Летопись Московского университета}}</ref> His works focused on [[nucleic acid]]s and [[protein]] biosynthesis. In 1974 he was elected a Member of the [[German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leopoldina.org/en/members/list-of-members/member/150/|title=List of Members|website=www.leopoldina.org|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007170032/http://www.leopoldina.org/en/members/list-of-members/member/150/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was elected a foreign associate of the US [[National Academy of Sciences]] in April 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2019-nas-election.html|title=2019 NAS Election|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Spirin_Alexander |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Spirin_Alexander |title=Alexander S. Spirin|publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Spirin died on 30 December 2020 at the age of 89.<ref>[http://www.ibch.ru/press/news/direction/3570 Светлая память Спирину Александру Сергеевичу] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spirin, Alexander Sergeevich}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Russian chemists]] [[Category:Moscow State University faculty]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{bio-stub}}