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Hermann Joseph Muller was born on 1890-12-21 and died on 1967-04-05. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Muller received one Nobel Prize.
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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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