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Michael Heidelberger

American immunologist (1888-1991) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 103

Michael Heidelberger was an American immunologist, often regarded as the father of modern immunology. He and Oswald Avery showed that the polysaccharides of pneumococcus are antigens, enabling him to show that antibodies are proteins.

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1991Died25 June 19911978Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate ChemistryAwardLasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAward1977Louisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAward1975Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1967National Medal of ScienceAward1960Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of NancyAward1959Centenary PrizeAward1957Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Aix-MarseilleAward1954Emil-von-Behring-PrizeAward1953Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAward1952Honorary Doctorate from the University of StrasbourgAward1949Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of ParisAward1947Honorary Doctor of the University of BordeauxAward1934Guggenheim FellowshipAward1888Born29 April 1888

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Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award1978
Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry1978
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize1977
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1975
National Medal of Science1967
Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Nancy1960
Centenary Prize1959
Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Aix-Marseille1957
Emil-von-Behring-Prize1954
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1953
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strasbourg1952
Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Paris1949
Honorary Doctor of the University of Bordeaux1947
Guggenheim Fellowship1934
Officer of the Order of Leopold II
John Jay Award

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He spent most his early career at Columbia University and comparable time in his later years on the faculty of New York University. In 1934 and 1936 he received the Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1967 he received the National Medal of Science, and then he earned the Lasker Award for basic medical research in 1953 and again in 1978. His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.

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United States
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Deceased
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Lived 1888 to 1991 · aged 103

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