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Stanford Moore's Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds
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In the record
Stanford Moore (September 4, 1913 – August 23, 1982) was an American biochemist. The birth-card coordinate for September 4 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1972 Chemistry prize.
Nobel Prize record
- 1972 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule
1972 — The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
“for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule”
Shared with Christian Anfinsen (10♣), William H. Stein (5♣). The award was divided; this laureate's listed portion is 1/4.
190 other Chemistry laureates in this set carry a birth-card coordinate.
The 7 of Diamonds coordinate
Stanford Moore's birthday maps to the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). 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 Stanford Moore. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance.
Stanford Moore in the public record
He shared a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972, with Christian B. Anfinsen and William Howard Stein, for work done at Rockefeller University on the structure of the enzyme ribonuclease and for contributing to the understanding of the connection between the chemical structure and catalytic activity of the ribonuclease molecule. Moore attended Peabody Demonstration School, now known as University School of Nashville, and in 1935 graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma. He earned his doctorate in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1938. Moore then joined the staff of the Rockefeller Institute, later Rockefeller University, where he spent his entire professional career, with the exception of a period of government service during World War II. He became Professor of Biochemistry in 1952. In 1958, he and William H. Stein developed the first automated amino acid analyzer, which facilitated the determination of protein sequences.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Stanford Moore (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 2 of Diamonds
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Cards in Stanford Moore's fixed path
Birth card and karma
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- J♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 9♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- K♥ — Life Spread — Uranus
- K♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
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He shared a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972, with Christian B. Anfinsen and William Howard Stein, for work done at Rockefeller University on the structure of the enzyme ribonuclease and for contributing to the understanding of the connection between the chemical structure and catalytic activity of the ribonuclease molecule.
Paired on shared wording: shared, understanding, work. This line comes from the Result / Cosmic Reward position of the 5♠'s Life Spread.
Also on the record
- In 1959, Moore and Stein announced the first determination of the complete amino acid sequence of an enzyme, ribonuclease, work which was cited in the Nobel award.
Other laureates with this card
- Alan MacDiarmid — 2000 Chemistry
- Christian de Duve — 1974 Physiology or Medicine
- Clive W.J. Granger — 2003 Economic Sciences
- Cordell Hull — 1945 Peace
- David M. Lee — 1996 Physics
- David W.C. MacMillan — 2021 Chemistry
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin — 1964 Chemistry
- Frederick Reines — 1995 Physics
- Igor Y. Tamm — 1958 Physics
- Johannes V. Jensen — 1944 Literature
- Lord Todd — 1957 Chemistry
- Maria Ressa — 2021 Peace
- 11 more laureates share this card.
FAQ
- What is Stanford Moore's birth card?
- The 7 of Diamonds. September 4 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 Stanford Moore's dates come from?
- Birth date 1913-09-04 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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Sources: Nobel Prize API v2.1 (laureate 242) + Wikidata CC0 (Q110952) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Stanford Moore). Birth date 1913-09-04 is the Nobel day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).