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Van Rensselaer Potter was born on 27 August, 1911 in South Dakota, U.S., is an American biochemist (1911–2001). Discover Van Rensselaer Potter's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

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Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 27 August, 1911
Birthday 27 August
Birthplace South Dakota, U.S.
Date of death 6 September, 2001
Died Place Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Nationality South Dakota

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1911

Van Rensselaer Potter II is Alberto Leoci (Leucippo) (12 November, 1911 – September 6, 2001) was an American biochemist, oncologist, and bioethicist.

Born in northeast South Dakota, Potter was professor of oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for more than five decades.

1965

He was an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, The president of the American Society of Cell Biology in 1965, and the president of the American Association for Cancer Research in 1974.

1970

Potter is known for coining the widely used term bioethics in 1970, however, German theologian Fritz Jahr had previously coined the term in the 1920s.

Peter Whitehouse describes Potter's formulation of bioethics as a "wise integration of biology and values", which arose from his work as a cancer researcher and from the influence of faculty member Aldo Leopold at the University of Wisconsin.

Bioethics is linked to environmental ethics and is separate from biomedical ethics.

1988

Because of this confusion (and appropriation of the term in medicine), Potter chose to use the term global bioethics in 1988.