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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1950s (72) 1954 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1897 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) Connecticut (9) West Hartford (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1985 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) Connecticut (6) Waterford (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) J (95) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) E (23) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 58 (25) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) Massachusetts (62) Harvard University (38) Harvard Medical School (9) Boston Children's Hospital (2) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Connecticut (61) New Haven (61) Yale University (61) Alumni (21) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Alumni (77) Long-term academic staff (53) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) AMA Scientific Achievement Award (7) G-H (389) H (196) Howard Taylor Ricketts Award (2) O-P (364) P (242) Presidential Medal of Freedom (24) Q-Z (398) R (196) Robert Koch Prize (11) Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (5) complete name: John Franklin Enders nobel prize: medicine award year: 1954 together with: Frederick Chapman Robbins together with: Thomas Huckle Weller prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954 was awarded jointly to John Franklin Enders, Thomas Huckle Weller and Frederick Chapman Robbins "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: John family name: Enders occupation: physician occupation: entrepreneur occupation: chemist occupation: virologist field of work: biology field of work: medicine work location: Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America description: John Franklin Enders was an American biomedical scientist and Nobel laureate. Enders has been called "The Father of Modern Vaccines." image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1954/summary/> date birth: 1897 date death: 1985 usual name: John Enders
