About Gad Avigad
Born 1930. Gad Avigad is an Israeli biochemist.
Gad Avigad (; born 1930) is an Israeli biochemist.
Biography Avigad was born in 1930 in Jerusalem. He studied at the Hebrew University High School. At 17, he joined the ranks of the Palmach. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, receiving a doctorate in 1958.
Avigad was Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the Hebrew University and, in 1967, moved to the United States and taught at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey.
Awards In 1957, Avigad was awarded the Israel Prize, in exact sciences, jointly with Shlomo Hestrin and David Sidney Feingold, with whom he studied.
Personal life
Gad is the son of Israeli archeologist Nahman Avigad.
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Who is Gad Avigad?
Israeli biochemist
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Gad Avigad was born in 1930 in Jerusalem.
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Gad Avigad is a biochemist.
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Gad Avigad is Israeli.
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