Max Theiler

Born: 1899-01-30 in Pretoria, South Africa

Gender: male

Field: South African-American virologist and physician

Biography

Max Theiler was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate.

Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1951

Awarded on: 1951-10-18

"for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it"

Affiliations:

Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health, Rockefeller Foundation – New York, NY, USA

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