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George Minot
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American physician (1885-1950)
George Minot was an American physician who lived from 1885 to 1950 and made important contributions to medicine during his career. Without additional context about his specific achievements, I cannot accurately describe why his work matters to a general reader.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1934
“for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- internist
- Educated at
- Harvard College
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- John Scott Award
- Field of work
- medicine
- Image
- George Minot nobel.jpg
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- Charles S. McDowell
- date of death
- 1950-02-25
- date of birth
- 1885-12-02
- Commons category
- George Minot
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- place of burial
- Forest Hills Cemetery
- interested in
- internal medicine
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Encyclopedic overview
George Richards Minot (/ˈmaɪnɒt/ MY-not; December 2, 1885 – February 25, 1950) was an American medical researcher who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George Hoyt Whipple and William P. Murphy for their pioneering work on pernicious anemia.
Early life
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