George Davis Snell
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American geneticist
Key facts
- Born
- December 19, 1903, Bradford, Massachusetts , U.S
- Died
- June 6, 1996 (1996-06-06) (aged 92), Bar Harbor, Maine , U.S
- Education
- Dartmouth College ( BS ), Harvard University ( DSc )
- Known for
- Discovery of H2
- Spouse
- Rhoda Carson
- Awards
- 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , 1978 Wolf Prize in Medicine
- Fields
- genetics , immunologist
- Institutions
- Jackson Laboratory , Brown University , Washington University School of Medicine
- Doctoral advisor
- William E. Castle
via Wikipedia infobox
Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1980
“for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Snell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bradford
- Place of death
- Bar Harbor
- Occupation
- physiologist
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- immunology
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- date of death
- 1996-06-06
- date of birth
- 1903-12-19
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- George Davis Snell
- interested in
- genetics
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Encyclopedic overview
George Davis Snell NAS (December 19, 1903 – June 6, 1996) was an American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist.
Work
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