Alfred Hershey
American chemist (1908-1997) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 88
Alfred Day Hershey was an American Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist and geneticist.
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1997Died22 May 19971969Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1965Kimber Genetics AwardAward1958Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAward1908Born4 December 1908
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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1908 to 1997 · aged 88
The same award as Alfred
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