About Israel Zelitch
Lived 1924 – 2023 (aged 98). Israel Zelitch was an American pathologist and ecologist.
Israel Zelitch (June 18, 1924 – March 23, 2023) was an American plant physiologist specialising in photosynthesis at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Biography Zelitch was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 18, 1924. He died of COVID-19 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on March 23, 2023, at the age of 98.
Education B.S. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1947 Ph.D, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1951 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU College of Medicine, 1951–1952
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Who was Israel Zelitch?
American plant pathologist and ecologist
When was Israel Zelitch born?
Israel Zelitch was born on 18 June 1924 in Philadelphia.
When did Israel Zelitch die?
Israel Zelitch died on 23 March 2023 in Haverhill.
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Israel Zelitch was a pathologist and ecologist.
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Israel Zelitch was American.
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