William Astbury
William Thomas Astbury FRS was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure.
25 February 1898
Born on the same birth day (25 February): Amin Maalouf • Blanche of Portugal (1259–1321) • Ed Balls • Erick Fedde • Jimmer Fredette • Joakim Nordström • John Wood, the Younger • Justin Abdelkader • Kurt Rambis • Lesley Boone • Maria Kanellis • Neil Jordan
Born in the same month (February 1898): Alvar Aalto • Ante Ciliga • Bertolt Brecht • Bill Tilman • Fritz Zwicky • Harry Haywood • Hubert Ashton • Jūkichi Yagi • Kurt Tank • Leila Denmark • Leo Szilard • Luis Muñoz Marín • Totò • Wallace Ford