Selman A. Waksman
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1952.
Born: 22, Jul, 1888, Priluka (now Nova Pryluka), Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died: 16, Aug, 1973, Hyannis MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of streptomycin the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/1