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Hermann Joseph Muller (1890–1967) was a male author from Germany. His published works include *The mechanism of crossing-over*, *Radiation and human mutation*, *Studies in genetics*, *Genetics, medicine, and man* (co-authored with C.C. Little and Laurence H. Snyder), and *Out of the night*. He is listed as the author of sixteen works under the name H. J. Muller.
Muller was recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Medicine collection. He was also included in the Royal Society collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His name appears in the Nobel Prize records.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1946
“for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hermann
- Family name
- Muller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Indianapolis
- Child
- David E. Muller
- Occupation
- zoologist
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- X-ray
- Participant in
- Manhattan Project
- Doctoral advisor
- Thomas Hunt Morgan
- Student of
- Thomas Hunt Morgan
- Doctoral student
- Guido Pontecorvo
- Field of work
- genetics
- Image
- HJ Muller 1952.jpg
- Work location
- Bloomington
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Hermann Joseph Muller
- date of birth
- 1890-12-21
- date of death
- 1967-04-05
- interested in
- zoology
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation". Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices.
Early life
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