# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-a-steitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:44:20.748Z

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name: "Thomas A. Steitz"
slug: "thomas-a-steitz"
description: "Thomas Arthur Steitz was an American biochemist, a Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, best known for his pioneering work on the ribosome."
tagline: "American biochemist (1940–2018)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1940-08-23"
deathDate: "2018-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump