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Birth Name:

John C. Sheehan

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Sep 23, 1915

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Age:

108

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

29°

Vir

35'

About John C. Sheehan

John Clark Sheehan (23 September 1915 – 21 March 1992) was an American organic chemist whose work on synthetic penicillin led to tailor-made forms of the drug. After nine years of hard work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), he became the first to discover a practical method for synthesizing penicillin V. While achieving total synthesis, Sheehan also produced an intermediate compound, 6-aminopenicillanic acid, which turned out to be the foundation of hundreds of kinds of synthetic penicillin. Dr. Sheehan's research on synthetic penicillin paved the way for the development of customized forms of the lifesaving antibiotic that target specific bacteria. Over the four decades he worked at M.I.T., Sheehan came to hold over 30 patents, including the invention of ampicillin, a commonly used semi-synthetic penicillin that is taken orally rather than by injection. His research covered not only penicillin, but also peptides, other antibiotics, alkaloids, and steroids.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for John C. Sheehan: Sun 29 Virgo, Moon 3 Aries, Mercury 25 Libra, Venus 2 Libra, Mars 21 Cancer, Jupiter 22 Pisces, Saturn 15 Cancer, Uranus 12 Aquarius, Neptune 2 Leo, Pluto 3 Cancer, Sun Sextile Neptune, Sun Conjunct Venus, Sun Square Pluto, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Sun Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mercury Square Mars, Venus Sextile Neptune, Venus Square Pluto, Mars Trine Jupiter, Mars Conjunct Saturn, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto

Categories related to John C. Sheehan: American people of Irish descent, American Roman Catholics, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, September 23 births, 1992 deaths, University of Michigan alumni, 20th-century American inventors, Organic chemists, 20th-century American chemists, 1915 births, Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty, Andrews University alumni