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E. Donnall Thomas
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American hematologist (1920-2012)
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E. Donnall Thomas was an American physician, university teacher, hematologist, and physicist. Born in Mart in 1920, he was educated at Harvard Medical School and worked at the University of Washington. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium.
Thomas received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Canada Gairdner International Award, the National Medal of Science, and the Kettering Prize. He was recognized in the Nobel Laureates, Nobel Medicine, and National Medal of Science collections. He authored 18 works, including *How Sportsmen Saved the World*, *To all things a season*, *Fool hen blues*, *Fly fishing*, and *Classic papers in hematological oncology*.
He died of heart failure from natural causes in Seattle in 2012. He was married to Dottie Thomas and spoke English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- How Sportsmen Saved the World
- To all things a season
- Fool hen blues
- Fly fishing
- Classic papers in hematological oncology
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Key facts
- Born
- Edward Donnall Thomas , ( 1920-03-15 ) March 15, 1920, Mart, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- October 20, 2012 (2012-10-20) (aged 92), Seattle , Washington , U.S.
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin ( BA , MA ), Harvard University ( MD )
- Known for
- Transplantation
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , National Medal of Science
- Fields
- Medicine
- Institutions
- Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
- Notable students
- Eloise Giblett
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1990
“for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mart
- Place of death
- Seattle
- Spouse
- Dottie Thomas
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- Harvard Medical School
- Employer
- University of Washington
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- medicine
- Image
- Edward Donnall "Don" Thomas.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1920-03-15
- date of death
- 2012-10-20
- member of
- Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
- Commons category
- E. Donnall Thomas
- nickname
- Don
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Donnall "Don" Thomas (March 15, 1920 – October 20, 2012) was an American physician, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and director emeritus of the clinical research division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In 1990 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph E. Murray for the development of cell and organ transplantation. Thomas and his wife and research partner Dottie Thomas developed bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for leukemia.
Thomas was a lead investigator in a failed series of experimental treatments for leukemia and for Graft-versus-host disease at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center from 1981 to 1993. Participants were not informed that Thomas and other researchers had a potential financial conflict of interest in the trials, and were never properly informed of the risks. The study continued despite objections from members of the Center’s Internal Review Board. 84 of the 85 participants in the study died.
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