Benjamin Elazari Volcani was an Israeli microbiologist, born on January 4, 1915, in Ben Shemen, Palestine, and passed away on February 6, 1999, in La Jolla. He studied microbiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning a master's degree in 1936 and completing his doctorate on the microbiota of the Dead Sea in 1940. His discoveries included halophilic archaea in the Dead Sea, contradicting the belief that no life could exist there. He held positions at the Weizmann Institute and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, focusing on marine diatoms and biomineralization.
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Meaning of the name - Benjamin
son of the right hand, son of my right hand
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Place of Birth: Palestine
Place of Death: La Jolla
Educated At: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation: microbiologist | university teacher | biologist
Employers: University of California, San Diego
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on January 4, 2024 | Secondary Progressions for January 4, 2024 |
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| Sun | 13 Capricorn 16 | 13 Capricorn 49 | 2 Taurus 27 |
| Moon | 20 Leo 57 | 19 Libra 55 | 14 Leo 42 |
| Mercury | 12 Capricorn 42 | 22 Sagittarius 39 | 23 Aries 31 |
| Venus | 2 Sagittarius 25 | 7 Sagittarius 8 | 26 Pisces 2 |
| Mars | 10 Capricorn 17 | 0 Capricorn 4 | 5 Aries 18 |
| Jupiter | 22 Aquarius 54 | 5 Taurus 35 | 18 Pisces 1 |
| Saturn | 28 Gemini 29 | 3 Pisces 33 | 28 Gemini 50 |
| Uranus | 10 Aquarius 1 | 19 Taurus 19 | 15 Aquarius 19 |
| Neptune | 29 Cancer 30 | 25 Pisces 8 | 27 Cancer 43 |
| Pluto | 0 Cancer 57 | 29 Capricorn 28 | 0 Cancer 26 |
| Rahu | 28 Aquarius 52 | 20 Aries 40 | 23 Aquarius 6 |
| Ketu | 28 Leo 52 | 20 Libra 40 | 23 Leo 6 |
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