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André Lwoff

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André Lwoff

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Also known as Andre Michael Lwoff, Andre Lwoff, A.Lwoff

French microbiologist

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André Lwoff (1902–1994) was a male author and scientist. His published works include *L'Evolution physiologique*, *Recherches biochimiques sur la nutrition des protozoaires*, *Origins of molecular biology*, *Les Origines de la biologie moléculaire*, and *Biochemistry and physiology of protozoa*. He received one Nobel Prize and is recognized in the Nobel Medicine collection.

Lwoff is also recognized in the Royal Society collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His work has been referenced by 323 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1902
Works
6

Top works

  • L'Evolution physiologique
  • Recherches biochimiques sur la nutrition des protozoaires
  • Origins of molecular biology
  • Les Origines de la biologie moléculaire
  • Biochemistry and physiology of protozoa

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1965

    for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Andreas
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Ainay-le-Château
Place of death
Paris
Occupation
botanist
Educated at
Lycée Voltaire
Languages spoken
French
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Field of work
microbiology
Image
André Lwoff nobel.jpg
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date of birth
1902-05-08
date of death
1994-09-30
Commons category
André Michel Lwoff
name in native language
André Lwoff
interested in
microbiology
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Encyclopedic overview

André Michel Lwoff (8 May 1902 – 30 September 1994) was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate.

Education, early life and career

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