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Thomas Huckle Weller

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Thomas Huckle Weller

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Also known as Thomas H. Weller, Thomas Weller

American virologist (1915-2008)

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Thomas Huckle Weller (1915–2008) was a Canadian person associated with the contemporary folk genre. He was recognized by the Nobel Prize organization under the name Thomas H. Weller. His professional output included five works, with one specific title listed as "Growing pathogens in tissue cultures."

Weller was acknowledged in several collections, including the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Medicine collection. His biography has been referenced by 303 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 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

Works
1

Top works

  • Growing pathogens in tissue cultures

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Origin
Canada
Active from
1954
contemporary folk

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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

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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
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
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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