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Also Known As René Jules Dubos
Born February 20, 1901 • France
Died February 20, 1982 (aged 81) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Subjects Of Study antibacterial agent • bacteria • specific immunity • tuberculosis
Maurice Hilleman
American microbiologist
Will Durant
American author
Ariel Durant
American author
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
Carl Woese
American microbiologist
Albert Bruce Sabin
American physician and microbiologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
George P. Smith
American biochemist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth
Hattie Elizabeth Alexander
American physician and microbiologist
François Jacob, 1965.
François Jacob
French biologist
John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist
Lwoff, 1965
André Lwoff
French biologist
Maclyn McCarty
American biologist
Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist
Theiler, Max
Max Theiler
American microbiologist
Thomas Francis, Jr.
American microbiologist
Samantha Power
Samantha Power
American journalist and government official

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