Scientists Born December 17

Humphry Davy (1778-1829)

Chemist

1

Stanley Stewart Davis, 83

Pharmacologist

2

Edwin Joseph Cohn (1892-1953)

Biologist

3

Dennis McKenna, 75

Pharmacologist

4

Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980)

Chemist

5

William Harkness (1837-1903)

Astronomer

6

Austin Hobart Clark (1880-1954)

Zoologist

7

William Gilson Farlow (1844-1919)

Botanist

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