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Thomas Huckle Weller
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American virologist (1915-2008)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1915-06-15 ) June 15, 1915, Ann Arbor , Michigan
- Died
- August 23, 2008 (2008-08-23) (aged 93), Needham , Massachusetts
- Alma mater
- University of Michigan , Harvard Medical School
- Known for
- poliomyelitis viruses
- Awards
- E. Mead Johnson Award (1953) , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954) , Walter Reed Medal (1996)
- Fields
- virology
via Wikipedia infobox
Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1954
“for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Weller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ann Arbor
- Place of death
- Needham
- Occupation
- physician
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- virology
- Image
- Thomas Huckle Weller nobel.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1915-06-15
- date of death
- 2008-08-23
- name in native language
- Thomas Huckle Weller
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- Thomas Huckle Weller
- interested in
- pediatrics
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Huckle Weller (June 15, 1915 – August 23, 2008) was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue.
Biography
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