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Severo Ochoa

Spanish physician · Spain · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1905 to 1993 · aged 88

Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)".

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1996Honorary Doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran CanariaAward1993Died1 November 19931991Honorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de CompostelaAward1990Gold Medal of the Principality of AsturiasAward1989Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward1988Honorary Doctorate of the University of the Basque CountryAwardHonorary Doctorate of the University of ValladolidAward1987Honorary Doctorate of the University of MalagaAward1979National Medal of ScienceAward1977Grand Cross of the Order of Civil HealthAward1967Honorary Doctorate of the University of GranadaAwardHonorary Doctorate of the University of OviedoAward1965Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1959Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1955Grand Prix Charles-Leopold MayerAward1905Born24 September 1905

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Honorary Doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria1996
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela1991
Gold Medal of the Principality of Asturias1990
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami1989
Honorary Doctorate of the University of the Basque Country1988
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Valladolid1988
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Malaga1987
Honorary Doctor of the University of Valencia1985
National Medal of Science1979
Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Health1977
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Oviedo1967
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Granada1967
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1965
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1959
Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer1955
Honorary Doctor of the University of Alicante

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Country
Spain
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1993 · aged 88