Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year: 1950
Number: 27 - 0
Nominee 1:
Name: Wilbur A Sawyer
Gender: M
Profession: former dept head
University: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University)
City: New York
State: NY
Country: UNITED STATES (US)
Nominee 2:
Name: Max Theiler
Gender: M
Year, Birth: 1899
Year, Death: 1972
Profession: dr
University: International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation
City: New York
State: NY
Country: UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1951
Motivation: W Sawyer: Vaccination against yellow fever. M Theiler: Production of an attenuated yellow fever virus transmittable to mice
Nominator:
Name: Antonio S Navarro
Gender: M
Profession: prof hygiene
City: Granada
Country: SPAIN (ES)

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