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Alfred D. Hershey

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Alfred D. Hershey
Full Name
of the recipient		Alfred D. Hershey
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1969
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withMax Delbrück (33.3%)
Salvador E. Luria (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Carnegie Institution of Washington, Long Island, New York, NY, USA
Place of BirthOwosso, MI, United States USA
Date of Birth4 December 1908
Age
at the time of Award		60 years
Place of DeathSyosset, NY, United States USA
Date of Death22 May 1997
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