Birth Date Cake O'Clock Birth Date Clock

David Peakall

David Beaumont Peakall was an internationally recognised toxicologist. His research into the effects of DDE and DDT on eggshells contributed to the ban on DDT in the United States. He proved that the chemicals caused thinning of eggshells, leading to a reduction in the population of various bird species. He also pioneered research on the effects of PCBs on birds. David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist (d. 2001)

17 March 1931

Random

Born on the same birth date (17 March 1931): Patricia Breslin

Born on the same birth day (17 March): Aaron Baddeley • Bill Mueller • Danny Ainge • Gottlieb Daimler • Hank Sauer • John Wayne Gacy • Lee Dixon • Mark White (Texas politician) • Mikael Backlund • Pat Rice • Patrick Lebeau • Rob Kardashian • Sammy Baugh • Stephen Dodgson • William John McKeag

Born in the same month (March 1931): Al Williamson • Alice Rivlin • Burton Richter • David Janssen • Emma Andijewska • Georges Dor • Jackie Healy-Rae • John Fraser (actor) • Mikhail Gorbachev • Norman Tebbit • Toyonobori • William Shatner • Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)