Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was a Bulgarian-Austrian-American chemist, novelist, and playwright. He was best known for his work to develop a oral contraceptive pills and the use of physical methods in organic chemistry.

He was elected a foreign member of the Academia Europaea in 2003.

Djerassi died on January 30, 2015 from problems caused by liver and bone cancer in San Francisco, California at the age of 91.

References

Other websites

Personal website
Biography
Carl Djerassi tells his life story at Web of Stories
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Djerassi’s autograph from The Chemical Record
Bob Weintraub, Israel Chemical Society. Pincus, Djerassi, and Oral Contraceptives

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Category:American playwrights
Category:Austrian playwrights
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Category:Deaths from bone cancer
Category:Deaths from liver cancer
Category:Cancer deaths in San Francisco