1. THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST
was
an American News paper
writer who later became a
freelance author of
magazine articles and
books especially on the
topics of sports and
scouting.
He was born in 1925 in
USA and died on 11th
February 2006 at
Salisbury,Pennsylvenia,USA.
BOOKS WRITTEN:
1. cages to jump
shops:pro
basketball’s early years in
1990.
2. The early years of pro
football.
3. A seminar work on Negro
league basketball.

2. THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST
Richard H.Ebright
1.Is an American Molecular Biologist is born on
11th June 1959 and educated in Horward
University.
2.He is the board of Governors professor of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers
University and laboratory Director at the
Waksman Institute of Micro Biology.
3. He is the fellow of the American Association
for the advancement of Science.

3. DISCOVERIES
1. R.H.Ebright is known for his
research on Protein DNA
interaction, transcription
initiation, transcription activation
and anti-bacterial drug discovery.
2. R.H. Ebright discovered a
Harmon that was necessary for
the growth of a butterfly.
3. His other important
contribution proved to be his
study of “ how cells read their
DNA”.

4. R.H.Ebright r
Academic press Walter J.
Johnson prize in 1995.
He is the fellow of the
American Association for
the advancement of
Science.
R.H.Ebright has received
the “Searle Scholar” award
and the “Schering Plough”
award for Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology.

5. HIS CHILDHOOD
R.H.Ebright grew up north of
reading Pennsylvania.
Beginning in kinder garden,
he
collected Butterflies with the
same determination that has
marked all his activates.
He collected rocks, Fossils
and
coins, and became an eager
Astronomer.
By the time he was in the
second grade he had collected
all the 25 species of the
Butterflies found around his
surroundings.
He has a driving curiosity along
with a bright mind.

6. His mother was only companion
until
he started school.
She brought home friends for him.
She took him on trips, bought him
telescopes, microscopes, cameras,
mounting materials and other
equipment and helped him in many
other ways.
She found work for him – not physical
work, but learning things.
His mother got him a children’s
book
called “The Travels of Monarch X”
which described how Monarch
Butterflies migrate to Central America.

7. She became a great driving
force in making him as a
Scientist.
She always encouraged him
and developed his interest in
learning.
She found work for him that
made him learn new things.
R.H.Ebright was her whole
life
after his father’s death.

8. THE TRAVELS OF MONARCH X
This book about how Butterflies
migrate to Central America.
It was written by Dr.Frederic Urquhart
of the University of Toronto, Canada.
R.H.Ebright invited the readers to
help study Butterfly migration and
asked them to tag them for his
research.
But it was impossible to catch so
many of them in six weeks.
He started raising a flock of
Butterflies in the basement of his
house.
He wanted to catch a female
monarch, take her eggs and raise
them in life cycle.

9. HIS EXPERIENCE IN SCIENCE FAIR
When he was in the 7 th grade he
participated in a county Science
fair and he could not get any
prize.
He got a hint of what a real
Science is. And learnt that
Science is not a neat display but
doing real experiments.
He wrote a letter to
Dr.Urquhart
of Toronto University for ideas
and got many suggestions for
experiments.
He worked on them throughout
his High school which led him to
win many prize projects of
National and International levels

10. The Viceroy Butterflies
are the food of birds.
Viceroy taste good
where as Monarchs do
not taste good for birds.
The Viceroys look like
Monarchs because they
want to trick the birds
and save themselves.

11. HIS NEW THEORY ON THE LIFE OF CELLS
In the 2 nd year in High School
R.H.Ebright began the research that
led to his discovery of an unknown
insect hormone.
He tried to answer for the question
what is the purpose of the 12 tiny
Gold spots on a Monarch Pupa.
R.H.Ebright and another student
had
built a device that showed that the
spots were producing a Hormone
necessary for the Butterfly’s full
development.
In his second year he went a step
further and grew cells from a
Monarch’s wing in a culture and
showed that the cells would devide
and develop into normal Butterfly
wing scales only if they were fed the
hormone from the Gold spots.

12. FURTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
R.H.Ebright’s senior
year
he grew cells from a
monarch’s wings in a
culture and showed that
the cells would divide
and develop into normal
butterfly wing scales only
if they were fed the
hormones from the Gold
spots.

13. species and Sub-species of Butterflies Collected in
Six Weeks in Reading, Pennsylvania
Gossamer-Winged
Butterflies
Wood Nymphs
and Satyrs
Brush-footed
Butterflies
• white M hairstreak • eyed brown • variegated fritillary
• Acadian hairstreak
• bronze copper
• wood nymph (grayling) • Harris’s checkerspot
• pearl crescent
Monarchs
• bog copper • monarch or milkweed • mourning cloak
• painted lady
• purplish copper
• eastern-tailed blue
• Melissa blue
Whites and Sulphurs
• olympia
• buckeye
• viceroy
• white admiral
• cloudless sculpture
• silvery blue
• European cabbage
• red-spotted purple
• hackberry
Snout Butterfly

14. X-RAY PHOTOS OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF A
HORMONE
R.H.Ebright studied the
photos of the chemical
structure of a hormone
in the x-ray.
This photo solved his
doubts on DNA.
He determined that the
DNA is the substance in
the nucleus that controls
heredity.

15. DNA AND HORMONS CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
R.H.Ebright worked in the laboratory of the
department of Agriculture and used the
sophisticated instruments and was able to
identify the hormone’s chemical structure
from the Gold spots.
He believed that along with his findings
about insect hormones the photos gave him
the answer to one of the Biology’s puzzle:
how the cell can read the blueprint of its
DNA.
DNA is the substance in the Nucleus of a
cell that controls heredity. It determines the
form and the function of the cell. Thus DNA
is the blueprint for life.

16. THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST
There are many qualities that go
into making of a Scientist.
Richard H.Ebright became a Scientist
because he had a driving curiosity along
with bright mind.
He was curious, dedicative and hard
working.
He was competitive but not in bad sense,
he was interested to do the best job he
could and to be the best.
He started his journey from collecting the
Butterflies.
This led him to discover the theory of life
cells.
PREPARED-BY
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