Background
Joseph Samachson was born to David and Anna Samachson on October 13, 1906 in Trenton, New Jersey.
Joseph Samachson was born to David and Anna Samachson on October 13, 1906 in Trenton, New Jersey.
A graduate of Rutgers University, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry from Yale at the age of 23.
Biochemist He was an assistant professor at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois. He also headed a laboratory in metabolic research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois, a research unit dealing with diseases that affect the skeleton. Comics historian Jerry Bails wrote that Samachson worked as a research chemist for the American Molasses Company until 1938, leaving to become a "freelance technical writer".
Samachson taught himself Russian.
= Science fiction and pulps = Comics Other work Joseph Samachson died of complications from Parkinson"s disease in 1980.