Yuri Ovchinnikov

Soviet chemist (1934–1988)

Yuri Anatolyevich Ovchinnikov (Russian: Овчинников, Юрий Анатольевич; 2 August 1934 – 17 February 1988) was a Soviet chemist who contributed to bioorganic chemistry and biochemistry. He was elected in 1970 as a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and subsequently became the youngest vice president of the academy in its history (1974-1988).²

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Born Aug 2, 1934, died Feb 17, 1988.¹