Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.'s Birth Card: The Ace of Clubs

In the record

Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (November 19, 1915 – March 9, 1974) was an American pharmacologist and biochemist born in Burlingame, Kansas. The birth-card coordinate for November 19 is the Ace of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1971 Physiology or Medicine prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1971 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones

The Ace of Clubs coordinate

Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.'s birthday maps to the Ace of Clubs (The Creative Pioneer). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You start a new idea while it is still usable, and you let it meet the world unfinished.

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Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. in the public record

Sutherland won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1971 "for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones", especially epinephrine, via second messengers, namely cyclic adenosine monophosphate, or cyclic AMP. Sutherland was born on November 19, 1915, in Burlingame, Kansas. The second youngest of six children, he was raised by his mother, Edith M. Hartshorn, and his father, Earl W. Sutherland. Though his father, who was originally from Wisconsin, had attended Grinnell College for two years, he ultimately led an agrarian lifestyle that took him to both New Mexico and Oklahoma before settling down in Burlingame to raise a family. Edith, a Missouri native, had some training in nursing at what was called a "ladies college". To provide for the family, Sutherland's father ran a dry goods store, where he gave each of his children working jobs.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Earl W. Sutherland, Jr., and not a forecast of a Nobel Prize.

Genuine diplomacy and emotional attunement

The second youngest of six children, he was raised by his mother, Edith M.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: children, mother.

Also on the record

1. Sutherland began fishing at the age of five, and this became a pastime that he enjoyed for most of his life.
2. As a high school student, Sutherland played and excelled in several sports, including tennis, basketball, and football.
3. In 1933, at the age of 17, Sutherland enrolled in Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas and began the pursuit of a Bachelor of Science degree.
4. In order to pay for tuition, he worked throughout his undergraduate years as a medical staff assistant at a local hospital.

Other laureates with this card

• Andre Geim — 2010 Physics
• Charles M. Rice — 2020 Physiology or Medicine
• Christopher A. Sims — 2011 Economic Sciences
• Clifford G. Shull — 1994 Physics
• Demis Hassabis — 2024 Chemistry
• Frederick C. Robbins — 1954 Physiology or Medicine
• George E. Palade — 1974 Physiology or Medicine
• Giosuè Carducci — 1906 Literature
• Hans Fischer — 1930 Chemistry
• Hans Krebs — 1953 Physiology or Medicine
• Herbert Kroemer — 2000 Physics
• James B. Sumner — 1946 Chemistry
• 14 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.'s birth card?

The Ace of Clubs. November 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.

Where do Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.'s dates come from?

Birth date 1915-11-19 is the Nobel Prize API v2.1 day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Nobel dates and Nobel↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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