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Oswald Avery
1877 – 1955
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryOswald Theodore Avery Jr. was a Canadian-American physician and medical researcher. The major part of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Hospital in New York City. Avery was one of the first molecular biologists and a pioneer in immunochemistry, but he is best known for the experiment that isolated DNA as the material of which genes and chromosomes are made.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 21, 1877
Halifax
Date of death
February 2, 1955
Nashville
Citizenship
Canada · United States
Occupations & fields
physiciangeneticistchemistbiochemistmicrobiologist
Awards & honours
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchCopley MedalCanadian Medical Hall of FameFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesForeign Member of the Royal SocietyGeorge M. Kober Medal
- Field and occupation
- americký lékař, molekulární biolog
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