Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Landsteiner in Stockholm in 1930
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an Austrian-born American biologist, physician, and immunologist. Research of blood group system; discoverer of Rh factor, discoverer of poliovirus
Born
14 June 1868 Baden bei Wien, Austria-Hungary
Died
26 June 1943 (aged 75) New York City
Known for
Research of blood group system, discovery of Rh factor, discovery of poliovirus
Fields
Medicine, virology
Alma mater
University of Vienna
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1930) National Academy of Sciences, USA (1932) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1938) Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Institutions
University of Vienna Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
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Austria
Citizenship
Austria, United States (from 1929)
era
1800+