Frederick Chapman Robbins ( Eng. Frederick Chapman Robbins ; 1916-2003) - American virologist , Nobel Prize in Medicine ( 1954 ), member of the US National Academy of Sciences since 1972 [1] .
| Frederick Chapman Robbins | |
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| English Frederick Chapman Robbins | |
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| Date of Birth | August 25, 1916 |
| Place of Birth | Auburn , Alabama , United States |
| Date of death | August 4, 2003 (86 years) |
| Place of death | Cleveland , Ohio , United States |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | virology |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | University of Missouri , Harvard Medical School |
| Awards and prizes |  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 1954 ) |
Biography
He graduated from the University of Missouri ( 1936 ) and Harvard Medical School ( 1940 ). In 1940-1942 and in 1948-1950, an employee of the Children's Hospital in Boston . In 1952–1966, the head of the Department of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the Cleveland City General Hospital; since 1952 , professor of pediatrics at the Keynes Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland ( Ohio ); since 1966 , dean. From 1980 to 1985, he worked at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States , in 1985 he returned to the Case Western Reserve University [2] .
In 1992, he signed the “ Warning to Humanity ” [3] .
Major Works
In Boston, in collaboration with J. Anders and T. Weller, he developed a technique for cultivating poliomyelitis virus in tissue cultures, participated in the creation of a polio vaccine, as well as in the development of methods for the determination and isolation of a number of other viruses. He studied the epidemiology of infectious hepatitis , typhus , fever-Ku .
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize , 1954 (with J. Enders and T. Weller ).
Notes
- ↑ Frederick C. Robbins
- ↑ Health Sciences Tour. 4. Frederick C. Robbins Building . Case Western Reserve University . case.edu. Date of treatment May 17, 2019. Archived August 30, 2008.
- ↑ World Scientists' Warning To Humanity (English) . The appeal date is May 17, 2019.
Literature
- Mahmoud A. (2006) Frederick C. Robbins. 1916-2003 // Biographical Memoirs 88 , National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC