GILBERT, WALTER

1932–, American molecular biologist, b. Boston, Ph.D. Cambridge Univ., 1957. In 1968 he became a professor of biophysics at Harvard, where he had taught since 1959. He helped formulate a method for determining the sequence of bases in nucleic acids (RNA and DNA) that made it possible to manufacture genetic material in the laboratory. For his role in this work, he shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Frederick Sanger and Paul Berg.

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books on: Gilbert Walter  - 18554 results

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Gilbert Murray, an Unfinished Autobiography: With Contributions by His Friends
Book by Jean Smith, Arnold Toynbee, Gilbert Murray; George Allen and Unwin, 1960
Subjects: Murray, Gilbert--1866-1957
GILBERT MURRAY An Unfinished Autobiography GILBERT MURRAY An Unfinished Autobiography WITH CONTRIBUTIONS...took from Last Poems, and extracts from letters to Gilbert Murray. Mr Frank Archer for extracts from published articles...
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Greek Poetry and Life: Essays Presented to Gilbert Murray on His Seventieth Birthday, January 2, 1936
Book by Gilbert Murray; The Clarendon Press, 1936
Subjects: Greek Drama--History And Criticism, Greek Philology, Greek Poetry--History And Criticism, Murray, Gilbert--1866-1957
...POETRY AND LIFE ESSAYS PRESENTED TO GILBERT MURRAY ON HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY JANUARY...IN GREAT BRITAIN C. M. B. PREFACE GILBERT MURRAYS seventieth birthday gives an...ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait of Gilbert Murray Frontispiece...
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The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh (1879-1922)
Book by Lady Raleigh, Walter Alexander Raleigh; The Macmillan Company, 1926
Subjects: Explorers--Great Britain--Correspondence, Raleigh, Walter--Sir--1552?-1618--Correspondence
...468 To MRS. WALTER CRUM, 24th September, 1917 469...505 To GILBERT MURRAY, 9th May, 1919 506...517 To WALTER PECK, 3rd August, 1920 518...
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Gilbert and Sullivan: A Dual Biography
Book by Michael Ainger; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Gilbert, W. S--(William Schwenck)--1836-1911--Criticism And Interpretation, Sullivan, Arthur--Sir--1842-1900--Criticism And Interpretation
...1862 Sullivan at Leipzig; Gilbert at Law THE CONSERVATORY...fellow students. One of them, Walter Bache, liked him immediately...piano quartet in a piece by Walter Macfarren. 16 St. Jamess...to be immortalized later by Gilbert in The Mikado. Shortly after...
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The Gilbert & Sullivan Book
Book by Leslie Baily; Cassell, 1952
Subjects: Gilbert, W. S--(William Schwenck)--1836-1911, Sullivan, Arthur--Sir--1842-1900
...living quietly at Kensington Palace, reading the poetry of Sir Walter Scott, singing to herself the arias of Italian opera, and...London thoroughfare the natal squawk of William Schwenck Gilbert was heard. Wheres my parents? Which may they be? . . . The...
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journal articles on: Gilbert Walter  - 966 results

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Doppelgangers and the Third Force: the Artistic Collaborations of Gilbert & George and Marina Abramovic/ulay
Journal article by Charles Green; Art Journal, Vol. 59, 2000
Subjects: Abramovic, Marina, Art criticism, Passmore, George, Performance art, Performing artists, Proesch, Gilbert, Ulay (Performance artist)
...of art composed, in equal portions, of music-hall tramp and Walter Pater. Both identities proposed interminable journeying: As...suggested a long mental quest for quality. In August 1969, Gilbert George sent an ornate manifesto to leading art figures in...
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Walter Benjamin's Myth of the Flaneur
Journal article by Martina Lauster; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: Authors, German--Works, Benjamin, Walter--Works, City and town life--Portrayals, German writers--Works, Modernism--Portrayals, Pedestrians--Portrayals, Pedestrians--Social aspects, Urban life--Portrayals
...Geburtstag von Eda Sagarraim August 1998, ed. by Jurgen Barkhoff, Gilbert Carr, and Roger Paulin (Tubingen: Niemeyer, 2000), pp. 445...Sex-Appeal des Anorganischen unterliegt, ist ihr Lebensnerv (Walter Benjamin, Paris, die Hauptstadt des XIX. Jahrhunderts, in Das...
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Blues Poetics and Blues Politics in Walter Mosley's RL's Dream
Journal article by Christine Levecq; African American Review, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: Mosley, Walter--Works, Novelists--Works
...some forgotten home" (178). Gilbert H. Muller points out that...Discourse in the L.A. Novels of Walter Mosley." African American Review...Ballantine. 2000. Mosley, Walter, et al., eds. Black Genius...York: Norton, 1999, Muller, Gilbert H. "Double Agent: The Los Angeles...
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Sir Walter Scott on Oliver Cromwell: An Evenhanded Royalist Evaluates a Usurper
Journal article by D.J. Trela; CLIO, Vol. 27, 1998
Subjects: Biography--Authorship, Cromwell, Oliver--Biography, Scott, Walter--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1935), xviii. (2.) Walter Scott, Woodstock; or, the Cavalier: A...C. Grierson, ed., The Letters of Sir Walter Scott, 12 vols. (London: Constable, 1932-37...Griersons Edition of the Letters of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford: Clarendon, 1979). (11...
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Warfare in Elizabethan Ireland: Michael Morrogh Shows That Renaissance Men like Sir Walter Ralegh Had a Decidedly Darker Side
Journal article by Michael Morrogh; History Review, 2008
Subjects: Irish history--Military aspects, Poets--Military aspects, Raleigh, Walter--Military aspects
...the two captains issuing commands was Walter Ralegh. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED This paragon...punishment it was not avoided. Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Raleghs half brother, shocked even English...Regrets? Did the Smerwick massacre mark Sir Walter Ralegh in any way? It might not seem so...
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magazine articles on: Gilbert Walter  - 244 results

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We Are Our Genes-Not!
Magazine article by Larry R. Churchill; World and I, Vol. 16, November 2001
Subjects: Genetic code--Identification and classification, Gilbert, Walter--Research, Human Genome Project--Management
...and destiny. About ten years ago, Nobel laureate Walter Gilbert remarked that the Human Genome Project (HGP) provided...are continually being updated. Some would argue that Gilberts analogy with the Holy Grail was inflated because the...
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Topsy-Turvy World: Gilbert and Sullivan Blew a Raspberry at Victorian Society's Prized Institutions
Magazine article by Peter Conrad; New Statesman, Vol. 135, November 20, 2006
Subjects: English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age), Gilbert, W.S.--Works, Political satire--Forecasts and trends, Political satire--History, Political satires--Forecasts and trends, Political satires--History, Sullivan, Arthur--Works, Victorian period literature, 1832-1901
...grand opera, and he dedicated his lame, officious setting of Walter Scotts Ivanhoe to her. As George Bernard Shaw pointed out...teachers to make Europe yawn; instead, lucratively led astray by Gilbert, he made London and New York laugh and whistle. But he thought...
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TOWARD A 'CATHOLIC' THEATER : The Legacy of Gilbert Hartke
Magazine article by Richard Alleva; Commonweal, Vol. 129, June 1, 2002
Subjects: Hartke, Gilbert--Works, Religious drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Theater and society--Analysis
...while appeasing those hungers. Gilbert Hartke (1907-86) desired to...twentieth century: Alan Schneider, Walter and Jean Kerr, Susan and Chris...Commonweal stage critic (1950-52) Walter Kerr was the leading New York...Washington that ultimately set Gilbert Hartke on his lifes course...
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The Many Faces of Sir Walter Ralegh
Magazine article by Robert Lawson-Pebbles; History Today, Vol. 48, March 1998
Subjects: Explorers--Evaluation, Raleigh, Walter--Evaluation
...of George Washington, `the father of his country, owes something to the image of Sir Walter as `the father of the British Colonies. Lurking behind the Gilbert Stuart painting of the solemn man with the plain face and wooden teeth is the ghost...
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Spectrum of Sanity
Magazine article by Tara Cady Sartorius; Arts & Activities, Vol. 131, April 2002
Subjects: Anderson, Walter--Psychology and mental health, Art--Psychological aspects, Artists--Psychology and mental health, Mental health--Measurement
...compelling and extraordinary art. (1) Gilbert, Bill, "Stalking the Blue Bear: The Fine Art of Walter Anderson," Smithsonian Magazine, October...Materials: Internet and library. Procedure: Walter Anderson was attracted to many kinds of...
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newspaper articles on: Gilbert Walter  - 351 results

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Walter Henry Herbert Rittmueller
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 13, 2007
...great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his four siblings, Gilbert, Franklin, Marion and Eunice and their spouses. His memorial...in Acacia Park Cemetery, 7800 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago. Walters wishes for memorials are to the Teachers Education Scholarship...
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Walter vs Winehouse
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 29, 2008
Subjects: Poetry
...not be able to comparethe two. There is no comparison.. SIR WALTER RALEIGH: GENIUS WHO LOST HIS HEAD BORN: 1552; Hayes Barton...Friends withplaywright Christopher Marlowe. The explorer Humphrey Gilbert, hishalf-brother, was a great influence on him. FORTUNE: The...
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Judge Voids ACLU Suit vs. Town's 'Bible Week'
Newspaper article by Joyce Howard Price; The Washington Times, October 2, 1999
...is once again free to declare `Bible Week in Gilbert, Ariz. Were pleased," said Walter M. Weber, senior litigation counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, who represented Gilbert Mayor Cynthia L. Dunham. At issue was Mrs...
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Pretty as a Picturesque Place to Hold Hostages
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), April 10, 2006
...Mitford Gang, headed by Sir Gilbert de Middleton of Cramlington and Hartley, and his sidekick Walter Selby. Selby, whose property...1317, the castle was taken and Gilbert was carted off to the Tower...the hammer and the anvil." Walter Selby escaped to Scotland and...
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Safe Open Houses a Way to Secure Sales
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 13, 2008
...always find stuff," said Margeau Gilbert, a Realtor with Exit Right...or iPods and sensitive mail. Walter Moloney, spokesman for the...avoid becoming victims. Ms. Gilbert says that if they dont have...holding an open house," Ms. Gilbert says. She used to hold open...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gilbert Walter  - 10 results

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Gilbert, Walter
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GILBERT, WALTER 1932 , American molecular biologist, b. Boston, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1957. In 1968 he became a professor of biophysics at Harvard...
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Gilbert, Sir Humphrey
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY 1537? 1583, English...and explorer; half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh . Knighted (1570) for his...in the northern regions. In 1578, Gilbert was granted a patent by Queen Elizabeth...however, the small vessel carrying Gilbert was lost in a storm in the Azores...
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Raleigh, Sir Walter
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER both: rol e, ral e, 1554? 1618, English...joined their half brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert in outfitting a heavily armed fleet...Night (1936, repr. 1965); J. Racin, Sir Walter Raleigh as Historian (1974...
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Berg, Paul
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...A professor at Washington Univ. at St. Louis and Stanford Univ., he shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics (with Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger ) for his work with recombinant DNA. Berg developed techniques for attaching selected parts...
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Sanger, Frederick
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sequence (primary structure) of a protein of the insulin molecule. In 1980, he shared the Nobel Prize (with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) for developing a method, important in recombinant DNA research, for rapidly determining the chemical structure of...
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