Notable Birthdays on May 18
Vincent du Vigneaud (1901)
Vincent du Vigneaud, an influential American biologist, was born on May 18, 1901. He is renowned for his groundbreaking work in the isolation, structural identification, and total synthesis of the neuropeptide oxytocin.
Michael A. Epstein (1921)
On this day in 1921, British pathologist Michael A. Epstein was born. Epstein is recognized as one of the co-founders of the Epstein-Barr virus and is remembered for his significant contributions to cancer research.
Gerda Boyesen (1922)
Gerda Boyesen, the founder of Biodynamic Psychology, was born on May 18, 1922. She established this branch of Body Psychology and made important connections between psychological stress and digestive stress.