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Thomas Hunt Morgan
(Geneticist)
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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Birthdate: September 25, 1866
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: December 4, 1945

Thomas Hunt Morgan was an evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and embryologist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933. He worked extensively on the role that the chromosome plays in heredity and demonstrated that genes are carried on chromosomes. In his later career, he established the division of biology at the California Institute of Technology. 

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George M. Whitesides
(Chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University)
George M. Whitesides
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Birthdate: August 3, 1939
Sun Sign: Leo
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Thomas Stoltz Harvey
(American Pathologist and Neurologist)
Thomas Stoltz Harvey
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Birthdate: October 10, 1912
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: April 5, 2007

Pathologist Thomas Stoltz Harvey was the man who conducted an autopsy on Albert Einstein. It is believed the Princeton Hospital employee later stole Einstein’s brain without his family’s permission and even lost his job for it. He kept parts of the brain with him for 43 years.

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Owsley Stanley
(Audio Engineer and Key Figure in the San Francisco Bay Area 'Hippie Movement' During the 1960s)
Owsley Stanley
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Birthdate: January 19, 1935
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: March 12, 2011

Owsley Stanley was an American clandestine chemist and audio engineer. During the 1960s Stanley played an important role in the Bay Area hippie movement and the counterculture of the decade. As the sound engineer of the Grateful Dead, Stanley developed the band's famous Wall of Sound, one of the largest transportable public address systems ever built.

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Robert H. Grubbs
(Former chemist known for Catalysts for olefin metathesis in organic synthesis)
Robert H. Grubbs
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Birthdate: February 27, 1942
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: December 19, 2021
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Philip Allen Sharp
(American Geneticist, Molecular Biologist and Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology / Medicine)
Philip Allen Sharp
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Birthdate: June 6, 1944
Sun Sign: Gemini

Philip Allen Sharp is an American molecular biologist and geneticist best known for co-discovering RNA splicing. In 1993, he received the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Sir Richard John Roberts. Philip Allen Sharp has also won several other awards, such as the National Medal of Science, the Benjamin Franklin Medal, and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. 

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Clarence Lushbaugh
(Radiologist, Pathologist)
Clarence Lushbaugh
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Birthdate: March 15, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: October 13, 2000
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Nathaniel Shaler
(American Paleontologist and Geologist Known for His Studies of Crustal Tectonics and Earth History)
Nathaniel Shaler
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Birthdate: February 20, 1841
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: April 10, 1906

Nathaniel Shaler was an American geologist and paleontologist. He is best remembered for his writings on the scientific and theological implications of the theory of evolution. Shaler is also remembered for his association with Harvard University where he served as Dean of Sciences. He was also regarded as one of the most popular teachers in the university.

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William Henry Twenhofel
(Geologist)
William Henry Twenhofel
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Birthdate: April 16, 1875
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: January 4, 1957
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Orlando Park
(American entomologist)
Orlando Park
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Birthdate: October 13, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: September 23, 1969