Harold Dadford West

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birth_date = 16 July 1904
birth_place = Flemington, New Jersey
death_date = 5 March 1974
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nationality = United States
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field = biochemistry
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known_for = threonine
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Harold Dadford West (16 July 1904 – 5 March 1974) was an American biochemist who was the the first to synthesize threonine.

References

*Citation
id = PMID:9727157
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9727157
last=Cohen
first=S G
publication-date=
year=1998
title=Asthma among the famous. Harold D. West (1904-1974), American medical scientist and educator.
volume=19
issue=4
periodical=Allergy and asthma proceedings : the official journal of regional and state allergy societies
pages=233-6
*Citation
id = PMID:787546
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/787546
last=Cobb
first=W M
publication-date=1976 Jul
year=1976
title=Harold Dadford West, Ph.D., LL.D.: a good man and true.
volume=68
issue=4
periodical=Journal of the National Medical Association
pages=269-75

ee also

* threonine