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Arthur Peacocke

British biochemist and theologian
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Also known as: Arthur Robert Peacocke
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Arthur Robert Peacocke
Born:
Nov. 29, 1924, Watford, Eng.
Died:
Oct. 21, 2006, Oxford (aged 81)
Awards And Honors:
Templeton Prize (2001)
Subjects Of Study:
DNA
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Arthur Peacocke (born Nov. 29, 1924, Watford, Eng.—died Oct. 21, 2006, Oxford) was a British theologian, biochemist, and Anglican priest who claimed that science and religion were not only reconcilable but complementary approaches to the study of existence. Peacocke attended the prestigious Watford Grammar School for Boys. In 1942 he entered Exeter College at the University of Oxford, graduating in 1946 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Peacocke then received a doctorate in physical biochemistry from Oxford in 1948. During the 1950s, while working at the virus laboratory at the University of California, he was part of a team that ...(100 of 541 words)

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