Sidney W. Fox

Sidney Walter Fox
Sidney Walter Fox
Born	24 March 1912 Los Angeles
Died	10 August 1998
Fields	biochemist
Known for	microspheres

Sidney Walter Fox (24 March 1912 - 10 August 1998) was a Los Angeles-born biochemist responsible for unique discoveries in the autosynthesis of protocells.

Contents 1 Professor 2 Family 3 Publications 4 See also 5 External links

Professor

In 1943 Fox was granted his first academic position at Iowa State College.

In 1955 Fox assumed the directorship of the Oceanographic Institute at Florida State University. Shortly thereafter he published–with Joseph Foster—his first textbook.

Beginning in 1964, Fox served as director of the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Evolution (IMCE) at the University of Miami. During this time, his laboratory was involved in studying some of the first moon rocks brought back by the Apollo missions.

After more than three decades in Florida, Fox moved to Southern Illinois University in 1989, and then on to the University of South Alabama in 1993.

Family

In 1937, Fox married Raia Joffe; they remained together until his death. They have three sons: Lawrence, Ronald, and Thomas.

Publications

• Sidney W. Fox y Joseph F. Foster. Introduction to Protein Chemistry. Wiley, 1957.
• Fox, S.W., 1965. Simulated natural experiments in spontaneous organization of morphological units from protenoid. In The Origins of Prebiological Systems and Their Molecular Matrices, S.W. Fox (ed), New York: Academic Press, pp. 361-382.
• Fox, S.W., 1980. The origins of behavior in macromolecules and protocells. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 67B: 423-436
• The Emergence of Life: Darwinian Evolution from the Inside, Basic Books, 1988 ISBN 978-0465019250

See also

• Abiogenesis

External links

• USA scientist credited with discovering life's origins (NOTE: the final link is broken)
• My Scientific Discussions of Evolution for the Pope and His Scientists The Harbinger symposium, "Religion & Science", 1997

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Name	Fox, Sidney W.
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Date of birth	24 March 1912
Place of birth	Los Angeles
Date of death	10 August 1998
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