Leslie Orgel
| Leslie Eleazer Orgel | |
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| Born |
12 January 1927 London, England |
| Died | 27 October 2007 (aged 80) San Diego, California |
| Nationality |
 British
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| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions |
University of Oxford University of Cambridge |
| Alma mater |
University of Oxford California Institute of Technology University of Chicago |
| Known for |
Orgel diagram Origin of life Error catastrophe theory of aging |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
Leslie Eleazer Orgel FRS (12 January 1927 – 27 October 2007) was a British chemist. He is known for his theories on the origin of life.
Born in London, England, Orgel received his Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry with first class honours from the University of Oxford in 1948. In 1951 he was elected a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and in 1953 was awarded his Ph.D. in chemistry.
Orgel started his career as a theoretical inorganic chemist and continued his studies in this field at Oxford, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago.
Together with Sydney Brenner, Jack Dunitz, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Beryl M. Oughton he was one of the first people in April 1953 to see the model of the structure of DNA, constructed by Francis Crick and James Watson, at the time he and the other scientists were working at Oxford University's Chemistry Department. According to the late Dr. Beryl Oughton, later Rimmer, they all traveled together in two cars once Dorothy Hodgkin announced to them that they were off to Cambridge to see the model of the structure of DNA. All were impressed by the new DNA model, especially Brenner who subsequently worked with Crick; Orgel himself also worked with Crick at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
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