Nobel laureate: Selman A. Waksman
Born: 1888-07-22, Priluka (now Nova Pryluka), Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died: 1973-08-16, Hyannis, MA, USA
Gender: male
Prizes:
year: 1952
category: medicine
share: 1
motivation: "for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis"
affiliations: name: Rutgers University
city: New Brunswick, NJ
country: USA