# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norton-zinder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:54:59.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norton-zinder"
name: "Norton Zinder"
slug: "norton-zinder"
description: "Norton David Zinder was an American biologist who discovered genetic transduction. Zinder was born in New York City, received his A.B. from Columbia University in 1947, Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1952, and became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1969. He led a lab at Rockefeller University until shortly before his death."
tagline: "American microbiologist (1928–2012)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1928-11-07"
deathDate: "2012-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           7.205472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "诺顿·津德尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نورتون زيندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Zinder"
    title: "Norton Zinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Zinder"
    title: "Norton Zinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "نورتون زیندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Zinder"
    title: "Norton Zinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Zinder"
    title: "Norton Zinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Zinder"
    title: "Norton Zinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4352405"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump