George Rosenkranz | |
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![]() George Rosenkranz receiving the Biotechnology Heritage Award in Chicago, 2013 | |
Born | |
Died | 23 June 2019 | (aged 102)
Nationality | Mexican[1] |
Known for | Synthesis of norethisterone, the first orally highly active progestin, used in one of the first oral contraceptive pills |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemist |
George Rosenkranz (born György Rosenkranz; 20 August 1916 – 23 June 2019)[2] was a Hungarian-born Mexican scientist in the field of steroid chemistry. He used native Mexican plant sources as raw materials.[3] He was born in Hungary, studied in Switzerland and emigrated to the Americas to escape the Nazis, eventually settling in Mexico.[3][4]
Rosenkranz died on 23 June 2019 in Atherton, California, United States. He was 102.[5]