Hermann Joseph Muller

American biologist (1890-1967) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 76

Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation".

Hermann Joseph Muller is read about 100 times a day, in 58 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?

Compare

A life in dates

1967Died5 April 19671963Humanist of the YearAward1958Darwin-Wallace MedalAwardJosiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1955Kimber Genetics AwardAward1953Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1946Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1932Guggenheim FellowshipAward1890Born21 December 1890

People around Hermann

Also in Deutsch Français

Media & music

Photos 2

Muller's house in Bloomington, Indiana

Awards

Humanist of the Year1963

Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship1958

Darwin-Wallace Medal1958

Kimber Genetics Award1955

Foreign Member of the Royal Society1953

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1946

Guggenheim Fellowship1932

About this person

Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices.

Country

United States