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Rockefeller University Hospital. Oswald Theodore Avery Jr. (October 21, 1877 – February 20, 1955) was a Canadian-American physician and medical researcher. The major part of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Hospital in New York City.
Oswald Avery (born October 21, 1877, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada—died February 20, 1955, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) was a Canadian-born American bacteriologist whose research helped ascertain that DNA is the substance responsible for heredity, thus laying the foundation for the new science of molecular genetics.
Lived 1877 – 1955. Oswald Avery led the team that discovered DNA passes heredity instructions through successive generations of organisms – it carries the chemical code of life. Avery and his colleagues published their discovery in a classic paper describing what came to be known as the Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment.
Biographical Overview. "Dr. Avery was a true scientist with an insatiable curiosity and a powerful and unremitting urge to discover the innermost mechanisms of the biological facts that came under his observations." Alphonse R. Dochez. Oswald Theodore Avery was born on 21 October 1877 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the second of three sons of ...
Jun 3, 2013 · Oswald T Avery, the unsung hero of genetic science. Seventy years ago this quiet man announced one of the most important discoveries in the history of science: the genetic role of DNA. Matthew...
Jan 20, 2014 · Summary. Seventy years ago, Oswald Avery and his colleagues from the Rockefeller Institute published the first evidence that genes are made of DNA. Their discovery was received with a mixture of enthusiasm, suspicion and perplexity.
Experiments by Frederick Griffith, Oswald Avery and his colleagues, and Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase. Introduction. Our modern understanding of DNA's role in heredity has led to a variety of practical applications, including forensic analysis, paternity testing, and genetic screening.
