Thomas Huckle Weller

Thomas Huckle Weller was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue.

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Who was born first?

• Thomas Huckle Weller and Norman Foster Ramsey were born the same year
• Thomas Huckle Weller and Robert Hofstadter were born the same year
• Thomas Huckle Weller and Philip Morrison were born the same year
• Thomas Huckle Weller and Fred Hoyle were born the same year
• Thomas Huckle Weller and Charles Hard Townes were born the same year

Timeline

1. Charles Hard TownesJuly 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015
2. Fred HoyleJune 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001
3. Norman Foster RamseyAugust 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011
4. Philip MorrisonNovember 7, 1915 – April 22, 2005
5. Robert HofstadterFebruary 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990
6. Thomas Huckle Weller (this page)June 15, 1915 – August 23, 2008

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