| LC control no. | no2008138058 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wilson, Allan, 1934-1991 |
| See also | Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution |
| Biography/History note | Allan Charles Wilson was born in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, on October 18, 1934 and raised on a farm at Helvetia, Pukekohe. He began his education in New Zealand where he earned a B.S. in Zoology and Chemistry from Otago University. Wilson moved to the United States to pursue his graduate education, earning a M.S. from Washington State University in Zoology and Physiology and completing his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley (1961). After postdoctoral studies in the early 1960s at Brandeis University, in Massachusetts, he took up a position to Berkeley as a biochemist in the Department of Biochemistry, later Molecular and Cell Biology, where he worked until his death in 1991. |
| Associated country | New Zealand |
| Associated place | Berkeley (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1934-10-18 |
| Death date | 1991 |
| Place of birth | Ngaruawahia (N.Z.) |
| Field of activity | Biochemistry Molecular biology |
| Affiliation | University of California, Berkeley |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Scientists |
| Found in | Allan Wilson, 2008 The Allan Wilson Centre, via WWW, Sept, 19, 2008 About Allan Wilson page (b. 1934; d. 1991; one of New Zealand's greatest scientists; shaped the field of molecular biology) Allan Wilson papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley |
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