Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist with significant contributions to genetics, artificial intelligence, and space exploration. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 at the age of thirty-three with Edward Tatum and George Beadle for his discovery of genetic recombination in bacteria. In addition to his biological research, Lederberg conducted extensive work in artificial intelligence, including experimental programs for NASA aimed at searching for life on Mars and developing the Dendral expert system focused on chemistry.
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Meaning of the name - Joshua
Yahweh is salvation, God saves
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Joshua Lederberg belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Montclair
Place of Death: New York City
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Educated At: University of Wisconsin–Madison | Stuyvesant High School | Columbia University | Yale University
Occupation: artificial intelligence researcher | molecular biologist | microbiologist | geneticist | university teacher | zoologist | computer scientist | physician
Spouses: Esther Lederberg
Employers: University of Wisconsin–Madison | The Rockefeller University | Stanford University
Awards Received: ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | ACM Fellow | Wilbur Cross Medal | Maxwell Finland Award | William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement | National Medal of Science | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for May 23, 1925
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on May 23, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for May 23, 2026 |
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| Sun | 2 Gemini 1 | 2 Gemini 35 | 8 Virgo 43 |
| Moon | 13 Gemini 46 | 5 Virgo 38 | 23 Aquarius 10 |
| Mercury | 7 Taurus 41 | 13 Gemini 24 | 26 Leo 40 |
| Venus | 9 Gemini 54 | 5 Cancer 34 | 12 Libra 51 |
| Mars | 8 Cancer 44 | 3 Taurus 34 | 12 Virgo 37 |
| Jupiter | 22 Capricorn 4 | 22 Cancer 34 | 12 Capricorn 35 |
| Saturn | 10 Scorpio 2 | 11 Aries 23 | 10 Scorpio 14 |
| Uranus | 24 Pisces 54 | 1 Gemini 36 | 24 Pisces 5 |
| Neptune | 19 Leo 55 | 3 Aries 53 | 22 Leo 56 |
| Pluto | 12 Cancer 3 | 5 Aquarius 26 | 14 Cancer 22 |
| Rahu | 8 Leo 4 | 4 Pisces 36 | 2 Leo 43 |
| Ketu | 8 Aquarius 4 | 4 Virgo 36 | 2 Aquarius 43 |
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