Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2005).
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Selman Abraham Waksman
Selman Abraham Waksman was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics. For his work he won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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science · American biochemist and microbiologist (1888–1973) · biochemist · autobiographer · physician · microbiologist · university teacher · inventor · pharmacologist · chemist · botanist · also Selman Abraham Waksman, Selman Waksman, Waksman, Selman A. Waksman, Selman A Waksman, S. A. Waksman
Born 22 July 1888 · Died 16 August 1973 · Q232308
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2005· 2 entries
Waksman was granted an ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of the significant work of his lab in isolating more than 15 antibiotics, including streptomycin, which was the first effective treatment for
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1973· 3 entries
Died 1973-08-16.
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At a Hyannis, Massachusetts, hospital and was interred at the Woods Hole Village Cemetery in Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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Selman Waksman died on August 16, 1973, at a Hyannis, Massachusetts, hospital and was interred at the Woods Hole Village Cemetery in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Caen University (1966).
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1958· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1958).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (1958).
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Health (1954).
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1952· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952).
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“Streptomycin, Schatz v. Waksman, and the Balance of Credit for Discovery”
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1951· 1 entry
Using half of his patent royalties, Waksman created the Waksman Foundation for Microbiology
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1950· 3 entries
Won Leeuwenhoek Medal (1950).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense presented by Complutense University of Madrid (1950).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse (1950).
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1949· 1 entry
Awarded John Scott Award (1949).
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1948· 1 entry
Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1948).
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1947· 1 entry
Awarded Amory Prize (1947).
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1944· 1 entry
Which was regarding the efficacy of streptomycin against tuberculosis in test tubes, as Schatz claimed Bugie was not involved with the experiment
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1943· 1 entry
Adding that he was only in the lab for three months and only played a small role in discovering streptomycin
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1931· 1 entry
Waksman organized the division of Marine Bacteriology at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in addition to his task at Rutgers
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1918· 2 entries
Was awarded his doctor of philosophy in biochemistry
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Studied at University of California, Berkeley, Doctor of Philosophy (1918).
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1915· 2 entries
Studied at Rutgers University, Bachelor of Science (1915).
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With a Bachelor of Science in agriculture
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1910· 1 entry
Shortly after receiving his diploma from the Fifth Gymnasium in Odessa, he immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized American citizen in 1916
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1888· 1 entry
Born 1888-07-22.
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1871· 1 entry
To describe a substance opposed to the development of life
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