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a Swiss chemist who received the Nobel prize in Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.
Born
12 January 1899 Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland
Died
13 October 1965 (aged 66) Basel, Switzerland
Nationality
Swiss
Known for
Insecticidal applications of DDT
Fields
Chemistry
Alma mater
Universität Basel
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1948)
Institutions
J. R. Geigy AG
adultbasic
Switzerland
Doctoral advisor
Hans Rupe
era
1800+