Alexander Oparin

Alexander Oparin
Alexander Oparin
Александр Опарин
	Oparin in the mid-1970s
Born	2 March 1894; Uglich, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	21 April 1980 (aged 86); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	Contributions to the theory of the origin of life; Coacervates
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour (1969); Lenin Prize (1974); Kalinga Prize (1976); Lomonosov Gold Medal (1979)
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Moscow State University; USSR Academy of Sciences

Alexander Ivanovich Oparin (Russian: Александр Иванович Опарин; 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1894 – 21 April 1980) was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories about the origin of life and for his book The Origin of Life.

He also studied the biochemistry of material processing by plants and enzyme reactions in plant cells. He showed that many food production processes were based on biocatalysis and developed the foundations for industrial biochemistry in the USSR.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Aleksandr Oparin. Encyclopedia Britannica
^ Опарин Александр Иванович in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)

[brit-1] Aleksandr Oparin. Encyclopedia Britannica

[GSE-2] Опарин Александр Иванович in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)

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