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Thomas Huckle Weller
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American virologist (1915-2008)
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Thomas Huckle Weller (1915–2008) was a Canadian person associated with the contemporary folk genre. He was recognized by the Nobel Prize organization under the name Thomas H. Weller. His professional output included five works, with one specific title listed as "Growing pathogens in tissue cultures."
Weller was acknowledged in several collections, including the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Medicine collection. His biography has been referenced by 303 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1915-06-15 ) June 15, 1915, Ann Arbor , Michigan
- Died
- August 23, 2008 (2008-08-23) (aged 93), Needham , Massachusetts
- Alma mater
- University of Michigan , Harvard Medical School
- Known for
- poliomyelitis viruses
- Awards
- E. Mead Johnson Award (1953) , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954) , Walter Reed Medal (1996)
- Fields
- virology
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1954
“for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Weller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ann Arbor
- Place of death
- Needham
- Occupation
- physician
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- virology
- Image
- Thomas Huckle Weller nobel.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1915-06-15
- date of death
- 2008-08-23
- name in native language
- Thomas Huckle Weller
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- Thomas Huckle Weller
- interested in
- pediatrics
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Huckle Weller (June 15, 1915 – August 23, 2008) was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue.
Biography
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