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Born July 15, 1900 • Indiana
Died October 1, 1969 (aged 69) • Ann Arbor • Michigan
Subjects Of Study influenza virus
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René Dubos
American microbiologist
Max Theiler
Max Theiler
American microbiologist
Painting by Albert Edelfelt showing Louis Pasteur in his laboratory, holding a glass flask and examining it intently, surrounded by scientific equipment on a workbench.
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
Maurice Hilleman
Maurice Hilleman
American microbiologist
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Albert Bruce Sabin
American physician and microbiologist
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Carl Woese
American microbiologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth
Hattie Elizabeth Alexander
American physician and microbiologist
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Paul Alfred Weiss
American biologist
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John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist
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Maclyn McCarty
American biologist
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Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist
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Peter Piot
Belgian microbiologist
Oil painting by Jan Verkolje showing Antonie van Leeuwenhoek seated at a table with a globe, papers, inkstand, and a compass in hand, wearing a brown robe and white shirt.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
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Jacques Dubochet
Swiss biophysicist
Élie Metchnikoff
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-born biologist
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Félix d’ Hérelle
Canadian microbiologist
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Dmitry Ivanovsky
Russian microbiologist

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