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William Morrison
| Full Name: |
Joseph
Samachson |
| Born: |
October 13, 1906
Trenton, New Jersey, USA |
| Died: |
June 2, 1980
Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Occupation: |
Scientist, Writer |
| Nationality: |
American |
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Biography
Joseph Samachson was an American scientist and writer, primarily of science fiction and comic books.
A graduate of Rutgers University, he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale at the age of 23. He was an assistant professor at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois. He also headed a laboratory in metabolic research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois, a research unit dealing with diseases that affect the skeleton. Comics historian Jerry Bails wrote that Samachson worked as a research chemist for the American Molasses Company until 1938, leaving to become a "freelance technical writer".
As a writer, Samachson translated a number of scientific papers. He also wrote science fiction and comics.
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