Alexander Ivanovich Oparin was born 2nd of March 1894 and deid 21st of April 1980. He was a soviet biologist and biochemist, who has been acclaimed as

Alexander Ivanovich Oparin was born 2^nd of March 1894 and deid 21^st of April 1980. He was a soviet biologist and biochemist, who has been acclaimed as one of the greatest authorities on the origin of life. His Other major works were in fields of biochemical grounds for vegetable raw material processing and enzyme reactions in plant cells.

He showd that many food production technologies are base on the biocatalysis and developed foundations of the industrial biochemistry in the USSR. Oparin sometimes is called “Darwin of the 20^th Century”. Although he began by reviewing the various panspermia theories.

He founded the industrial biochemistry in the USSR. Oparin became Hero of Socialist Labour in 1969, received the Lenin Prize in 1974 and was awarded the Lomonosov Gold Medal in 1979 for outstanding achievements in biochemistry.