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Lerman, Leonard S

LC control no.n 86078760
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingLerman, Leonard S.
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Birth date19250627
Death date20120919
Place of birthPittsburgh, Pa.
Place of deathCambridge, Mass.
Field of activityDNA
Profession or occupationMolecular biologist
Found inDNA probes, 1986: t.p. (Leonard S. Lerman; Genetics Institute)
New York times WWW site, Oct. 1, 2012 (in obituary published Sept. 29: Leonard Lerman; b. Leonard Solomon Lerman, June 27, 1925, Pittsburgh; d. Sept. 19, Cambridge, Mass., aged 87; molecular biologist whose discovery of how to manipulate DNA was a vital preliminary step in enabling others to decipher the basic building blocks of the genetic code)
Associated languageeng