Selman Abraham Waksman

Selman Abraham Waksman was a Ukraine-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics. For his work he won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Who was born first?

• Selman Abraham Waksman and Paul Bernays were born the same year
• Selman Abraham Waksman and Alexander Friedmann were born the same year
• Selman Abraham Waksman and Viktor Goldschmidt were born the same year
• Selman Abraham Waksman and Herbert Spencer Gasser were born the same year
• Selman Abraham Waksman and Otto Stern were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alexander FriedmannJune 16, 1888 – September 16, 1925
2. Herbert Spencer GasserJuly 5, 1888 – May 11, 1963
3. Otto SternFebruary 17, 1888 – August 17, 1969
4. Paul BernaysOctober 17, 1888 – September 18, 1977
5. Selman Abraham Waksman (this page)July 22, 1888 – August 16, 1973
6. Viktor GoldschmidtJanuary 27, 1888 – March 20, 1947

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