Thomas Francis, Jr.
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American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist (1900-1969)
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Thomas Francis, Jr. was an American virologist and epidemiologist born in Gas City in 1900. He was educated at Yale University and served as an employee of the University of Michigan. During his career, he supervised doctoral student Jonas Salk. Francis was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
He received the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, the Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal, and the Medal of Freedom. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Francis died of cancer in Ann Arbor in 1969. His manner of death was natural causes.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Gas City
- Place of death
- Ann Arbor
- Occupation
- epidemiologist
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Employer
- University of Michigan
- Award
- Medal of Freedom
- Doctoral student
- Jonas Salk
- Image
- Thomas Francis Jr. Photograph by Fabian Bachrach. Wellcome L0018740.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1900-07-15
- date of death
- 1969-10-01
- Commons category
- Thomas Francis Jr.
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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