The Scientist: People: Wistar Institute Director Hilary Koprowski Receives `Philadelphia's Nobel Prize'
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Hilary Koprowski
Hilary Koprowski was a Polish virologist and immunologist. He was the first scientist to produce attenuated poliovirus and to conduct large-scale clinical research studies of an oral polio vaccine. His vaccine was used to immunize millions of children during trials in the Belgian Congo and Poland. He was the director of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology from 1957 to 1991 where he develop…
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science · Polish virologist and immunologist (1916–2013) · virologist · immunologist · physician · art collector · musician · also Hilary Koprowski, Koprowski
Born 5 December 1916 · Died 11 April 2013 · Q936389
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2018· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the White Eagle (2018).
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The Scientist: Hilary Koprowski
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Poland posthumously conferred the Order of the White Eagle upon Koprowski
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At a ceremony held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence, Polish President Andrzej Duda posthumously conferred the country's highest distinction, the Order of the Whi
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2013· 3 entries
Died 2013-04-11.
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Aged 96, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, of pneumonia
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“What the World’s religions teach, applied to vaccines and immune globulins”
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007).
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Won Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal (2007).
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“Opis: postanowienie o nadaniu odznaczenia Krzyżem Wielkim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, 13 lipca 2007.”
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Andrzej Drawicz Award (2005).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1998).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1994).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded John Scott Award (1990).
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1983· 1 entry
Koprowski received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University, Sweden
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1959· 1 entry
And 1960, the Koprowski vaccine was used to immunize nine million children in Poland and halted a polio outbreak there
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1958· 1 entry
The Koprowski vaccine was used to immunize 250,000 children in Belgian Congo in 6 weeks
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1957· 1 entry
Norman Topping, the vice president of medical affairs at the University of Pennsylvania, offered Koprowski the position of director of the Wistar Institute
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1952· 1 entry
A few years before Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin
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1939· 1 entry
After the invasion of Poland, Koprowski and his pregnant wife, fled the country, using Koprowski family business connections in Manchester, England
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1916· 1 entry
Born 1916-12-05.
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