Nathan Sharon

Nathan Sharon (; November 1925 – 17 June 2011 ) was an Israeli biochemist.

Biography Sharon was born in 1925 in Brest-Litovsk, then part of Poland (now Brest, Belarus). He emigrated to Mandate Palestine with his family in 1934 and settled in Tel Aviv. Concurrent with his high school studies, Sharon joined the Gadna military youth program in 1941, and following his graduation from school, in 1943, he joined the Palmach, serving until 1945.

In 1992, he was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Honours and awards Sharon received numerous honorary degrees and awards including: 1987: Weizmann Prize for Sciences. 1987: Honorary doctorate from the University of Paris. 1994: Israel Prize in biochemistry.

Family Sharon married Rachel (Itzikson) in 1948 and has two daughters, Esther (Esty) Sharon, and Osnat Bairey.

Selected works Sharon published over 400 papers in international scientific journals and wrote or edited eight books in English and Hebrew. His published works include: Lectins, co-authored with Halina Lis (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 (2nd edition)).