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Alfred Hershey was an American chemist who lived from 1908 to 1997 and conducted important research on viruses and genetics. His work helped scientists understand how genetic material is passed on and duplicated, contributing to fundamental knowledge about how life reproduces at the molecular level.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1969
“for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Owosso
- Place of death
- Syosset
- Occupation
- microbiologist
- Educated at
- Michigan State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- genetics
- Image
- Alfred Hershey.jpg
- Significant event
- Hershey–Chase experiment
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1908-12-04
- date of death
- 1997-05-22
- Commons category
- Alfred Hershey
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- name in native language
- Alfred Day Hershey
- cause of death
- heart failure
- interested in
- genetics
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Day Hershey (December 4, 1908 – May 22, 1997) was an American Nobel Prize–winning bacteriologist and geneticist.
Early years
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