Emanuel Margoliash

Emanuel Margoliash
Born(1920 -02-10)February 10, 1920
Cairo, Egypt
DiedApril 10, 2008(2008-04-10) (aged 88)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityIsraeli
EducationAmerican University of Beirut (M.D.)
Known forFitch-Margoliash method for constructing evolutionary trees
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem, Nobel Institute, University of Utah, McGill-Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, Abbott Laboratories, Northwestern University, University of Illinois

Emanuel Margoliash (February 10, 1920 – April 10, 2008) was a biochemist who spent much of his career studying the protein cytochrome c. He is best known for his work on molecular evolution; with Walter Fitch, he devised the Fitch-Margoliash method for constructing evolutionary trees based on protein sequences.

He was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.