# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-bruce-merrifield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:55:52.603Z

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name: "Robert Bruce Merrifield"
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description: "Robert Bruce Merrifield was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984 for the invention of solid phase peptide synthesis."
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1921-07-15"
deathDate: "2006-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump