Encyclopedia Britannica Editors2020-04-062020-04-062019-05-03https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sidney-AltmanBrief biography of Sidney Altman, who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech in 1989. They were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA. Click on the link to read the article.enAltman, SidneyScienceChemistryNobel PrizeCanadaUnited StatesBiographyArticle