Frederick Sanger was born to Cicely Sanger and Frederick Sanger on August 13, 1918 in
Rendcomb, England. At age 18 Sanger went against his family and decided to become a
scientist instead of a doctor like his father (Jeffers, 2017). He attended St. John’s College in
Cambridge and majored in biochemistry. After he graduated he married Margaret Joan Howe at
age 22 and had three children with her. He later came back and worked with Albert Neuberger in
order to study the metabolism of lysine, a protein not produced in animals. Later, he got his
Ph.D. in 1943 and then turned his focus to the structure of proteins. Soon after, Sanger went to
work with Albert Chinball in London in order to prove that the sequences of all proteins were
Rendcomb, England. At age 18 Sanger went against his family and decided to become a
scientist instead of a doctor like his father (Jeffers, 2017). He attended St. John’s College in
Cambridge and majored in biochemistry. After he graduated he married Margaret Joan Howe at
age 22 and had three children with her. He later came back and worked with Albert Neuberger in
order to study the metabolism of lysine, a protein not produced in animals. Later, he got his
Ph.D. in 1943 and then turned his focus to the structure of proteins. Soon after, Sanger went to
work with Albert Chinball in London in order to prove that the sequences of all proteins were