What is Carl Djerassi?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Carl Djerassi |image = Carl Djerassi-8581 (8732235884).jpg |image_size = |caption = Carl Djerassi in 2013 |birth_date = {{birth date|1923|10|29|}} |birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2015|1|30|1923|10|29}} |death_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] |nationality = [[Austria]]n, [[Bulgaria]]n |citizenship = [[United States]] |field = [[Chemistry]] |alma_mater = |known_for = synthesis of [[norethisterone]], the first orally highly active [[progestin]] used in one of the first three [[combined oral contraceptive pill|oral contraceptive pill]]s |signature = }} '''Carl Djerassi''' (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was a [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]]-Austrian-[[Americans|American]] [[chemistry|chemist]], [[novelist]], and [[playwright]]. He was best known for his work to develop a [[combined oral contraceptive pill|oral contraceptive pill]]s and the use of physical methods in organic chemistry. He was elected a foreign member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Djerassi_Carl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Rees_Martin |title=Carl Djerassi |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.djerassi.com/ Personal website] **[http://www.djerassi.com/bio/bio2.html Biography] *[http://www.webofstories.com/gl/carl.djerassi Carl Djerassi tells his life story at Web of Stories] *[http://www.djerassi.org/ Djerassi Resident Artists Program] *[http://cen.acs.org/content/dam/cen/91/3/09103-scitech1-Nozoe155.jpg Djerassi’s autograph] from [http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i3/Autograph-Collector.html The Chemical Record] *[http://drive.google.com/file/d/1y_30HHlitenXG4rNMEtViLW1YbOOXy6a_OND_nD_5z-0tAjAjB-EyGT9PS-m/edit?usp=sharing/ Bob Weintraub, Israel Chemical So