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Max Delbrück
| Full Name of the recipient | Max Delbrück |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year of Award | 1969 |
| Share in Award | 33.3% |
| Award Shared with | Alfred D. Hershey (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 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany DEU |
| Date of Birth | 4 September 1906 |
| Age at the time of Award | 62 years |
| Place of Death | Pasadena, CA, United States USA |
| Date of Death | 9 March 1981 |
