Edmund Carl Kornfeld (24 February 1919 – 22 June 2012) was an American organic chemist who devoted his life to the research of new drugs. His leading discovery, with the help of a team, was an antibiotic that was later named vancomycin. Kornfeld received his PhD in chemistry from Harvard in 1944 and subsequently joined Eli Lilly Company, in Indianapolis, Ind., where most of his discoveries took place.
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24 February 1919
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Died |
22 June 2012 (aged 93)
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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