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Thomas Huckle Weller

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Thomas Huckle Weller
Full Name
of the recipient		Thomas Huckle Weller
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1954
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withJohn Franklin Enders (33.3%)
Frederick Chapman Robbins (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Research Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Place of BirthAnn Arbor, MI, United States USA
Date of Birth15 June 1915
Age
at the time of Award		38 years
Place of DeathNeedham, MA, United States USA
Date of Death23 August 2008
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