death_place death_date birth_place awards nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
lansdale , pennsylvania 20 june 2009 fürth , bavaria , germany national award -lrb- 2002 -rrb- medal of science -lrb- 2000 -rrb- willard gibbs german american biochemistry medical & co. . university of south carolina university of pennsylvania merck 06 may 1922 first organic synthesis of an enzyme , a ribonuclease ralph f. hirschmann
 ralph f. hirschmann university of wisconsin -- madison oberlin college
ralph f. hirschmann

ralph franz hirschmann -lrb- may 6 , 1922 -- june 20 , 2009 -rrb- was a german american biochemist who led a team that was responsible for the first organic synthesis of an enzyme , a ribonuclease .
