Thomas Milton Rivers
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Thomas Milton Rivers was an American bacteriologist and virologist. He has been described as the "father of modern virology."
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![Leaders in the effort against polio were honored at the opening of the Polio Hall of Fame on January 2, 1958. From left: Thomas M. Rivers, Charles Armstrong, John R. Paul, Thomas Francis Jr., Albert Sabin, Joseph L. Melnick, Isabel Morgan, Howard A. Howe, David Bodian, Jonas Salk, Eleanor Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Eleanor_Roosevelt%2C_Albert_Sabin%2C_Jonas_Salk%2C_and_Basil_O%27Connor_at_The_Infantile_Paralysis_Hall_of_Fame_in_Warm..._-_NARA_-_196188.jpg/1280px-Eleanor_Roosevelt%2C_Albert_Sabin%2C_Jonas_Salk%2C_and_Basil_O%27Connor_at_The_Infantile_Paralysis_Hall_of_Fame_in_Warm..._-_NARA_-_196188.jpg)
Leaders in the effort against polio were honored at the opening of the Polio Hall of Fame on January 2, 1958. From left: Thomas M. Rivers, Charles Armstrong, John R. Paul, Thomas Francis Jr., Albert Sabin, Joseph L. Melnick, Isabel Morgan, Howard A. Howe, David Bodian, Jonas Salk, Eleanor Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor.[2]
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United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1962 · aged 73
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