Died 1972-08-11.
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Max Theiler
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.
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science · South African-American virologist and physician · physician · chemist · virologist · also Max Theiler, Theiler
Born 30 January 1899 · Died 11 August 1972 · Q46928
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1951· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1951).
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For developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate
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1949· 1 entry
Awarded Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1949).
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1939· 2 entries
Won Chalmers Medal (1939).
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Harvard University's Flattery Medal in 1945, and the American Public Health Association's Lasker Award in 1949
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1937· 1 entry
Max Theiler discovered a filterable agent that was a known cause for paralysis in mice
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1930· 2 entries
Theiler moved to the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, where he later became director of the Virus Laboratory
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Moved to the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, becoming director of the Virus Laboratory
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1928· 1 entry
The year after the disease was identified conclusively as being caused by a virus, they showed that the African and South American viruses are immunologically identical
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1926· 1 entry
Disproved Hideyo Noguchi's hypothesis that yellow fever was caused by the bacterium Leptospira icteroides
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1922· 2 entries
Took a position at the Harvard University School of Tropical Medicine in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Was awarded a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene; he became a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-01-30.
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