Max Theiler
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 52 years ago |
Date of birth | January 30,1899 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Pretoria |
South Africa | |
Date of died | August 11,1972 |
Died | New Haven |
Connecticut | |
United States | |
Books | The Anthropod-Borne Viruses of Vertebrates: An Account of The Rockefeller Foundation Virus Program, 1951-1970 |
Nationality | American |
South African | |
Swiss | |
Job | Virologist |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award | |
Known for | yellow fever |
Education | University of Cape Town |
King's College London | |
Parents | Arnold Theiler |
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ID | 468445 |
Max Theiler Life story
Max Theiler was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate.