What is Friedrich Miescher?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Johannes Friedrich Miescher | image = Friedrich Miescher.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1844|8|13}} | birth_place = Basel, [[Switzerland]] | death_date = {{d-da|26 August 1895|13 August 1844}} | death_place = Davos, [[Switzerland]] | field = [[Biology]] | work_institutions = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Discovery of [[nucleic acid]]s | prizes = }} '''Johannes Friedrich Miescher''' (13 August 1844 – 26 August 1895) was a Swiss [[physician]] and [[biologist]]. He discovered [[nucleic acid]] in 1869. He also discovered protamine. <ref>[[Bill Bryson]], ''[[A Short History of Nearly Everything]]'', Broadway Books, 2005, p. 500.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miescher, Friedrich}} [[Category:DNA]] [[Category:Swiss biologists]] [[Category:1844 births]] [[Category:1895 deaths]] [[Category:Scientists from Basel]] {{bio-stub}}