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Christopher Andrewes

British virologist (1896-1988) · United Kingdom · On the map · Doctors · Died at 92

Sir Christopher Howard Andrewes was a British virologist who discovered the human influenza A virus in 1933.

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1988Died31 December 19881965Marjory Stephenson PrizeAward1964Howard Taylor Ricketts PrizeAward1951Leeuwenhoek LectureAward1947Bisset Hawkins MedalAward1896Born7 June 1896

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Marjory Stephenson Prize1965
Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize1964
Leeuwenhoek Lecture1951
Bisset Hawkins Medal1947
Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Bachelor

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1988 · aged 92