John Franklin Enders

John Franklin Enders, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1897-02-10 in West Hartford, CT, USA

Gender: male

Field: American medical researcher (1897-1985)

Biography

John Franklin Enders was an American biomedical scientist and Nobel Laureate. Enders has been called "The Father of Modern Vaccines."

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954

Awarded on: 1954-10-21

"for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"

Affiliations:

  • Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA, USA
  • Research Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Medical CenterBoston, MA, USA