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06 october 1988 21 march 1904 m. dean burk.jpg dean burk
 m. dean burk , phd university of california , berkeley
dean burk

dean burk -lrb- march 21 , 1904 -- october 6 , 1988 -rrb- was an american biochemist : a co-discoverer of biotin , medical researcher , and a cancer researcher at the kaiser wilhelm institute and the national cancer institute .
in 1934 , he developed the lineweaver -- burk plot together with hans lineweaver .
dean was the second of four sons born to frederic burk , the founder of the san francisco normal school , a preparatory school for teachers which eventually became san francisco state university .
he entered the university of california at davis at the age of 15 .
a year later , he transferred to the university of california at berkeley , where he received his b.s. in entomology in 1923 .
four years later he earned a ph.d. in biochemistry .
