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Sep 01, 1910 Died on 13 Sep 1996 (aged 86)
American biologist
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About James F. Bonner
- James Frederick Bonner (September 1, 1910 – September 13, 1996) was an American molecular biologist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, notable for discoveries in plant biochemistry. Bonner invented a better way to collect natural rubber from trees. As result of his invention Malaysia nearly doubled its production of natural rubber. Bonner was instrumental in the invention of a method of mechanical harvesting of oranges.
- One of his most notable discoveries was finding how histones control gene activity.
- Bonner was professor and professor emeritus of biology at the California Institute of Technology.
