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George H. Hitchings
Full Name of the recipient | George H. Hitchings |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1988 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Sir James W. Black (33.3%) Gertrude B. Elion (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA |
Place of Birth | Hoquiam, WA, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 18 April 1905 |
Age at the time of Award | 82 years |
Place of Death | Chapel Hill, NC, United States USA |
Date of Death | 27 February 1998 |