Gertrude B. Elion: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Feb 17, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 19, 2026
Added information on drugs that resulted from Elion's work. Jul 11, 2025
Corrected display issue. Jul 11, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Science History Institute - George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion. May 15, 2022
Add new Web site: American Chemical Society - Gertrude Elion. Feb 14, 2021
Add new Web site: National Inventors Hall of Fame - Harold E. Edgerton. Jun 09, 2020
Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Gertrude Elion. Dec 05, 2019
Add new Web site: Nobelprize.org - Biography of Gertrude B. Elion. Feb 09, 2014
Add new Web site: National Women's Hall of Fame - Biography of Gertrude Belle Elion. Feb 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Biography of Gertrude Elion. Feb 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Gertrude B. Elion. Mar 28, 2013
Add new Web site: Science Museum - Brought to Life - Biography of Gertrude B Elion. Mar 28, 2013
Added image of Gertrude B. Elion. Feb 11, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Biography of Gertrude Belle Elion. Feb 09, 2009
Media added. Jul 02, 2007
Article revised and updated. Apr 25, 2007
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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