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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 1980s (97) 1980 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1903 (12) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) Bradford (2) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1996 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) Maine (2) Bar Harbor (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) G (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) G (35) George (18) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 78 (17) 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) 39. Worked for Medical Organization 39. Worked for Medical Organization North America (25) United States (25) Northeastern states (3) Maine (1) Bar Harbor (1) Jackson Laboratory (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Midwestern states (201) Missouri (24) St. Louis (24) Washington University (24) Long-term academic staff (14) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Alumni (77) Rhode Island (7) Providence (7) Brown University (7) Short-term academic staff (3) Southwestern states (38) Texas (26) University of Texas (18) Austin (11) University of Texas at Austin (11) Short-term academic staff (4) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Philosophical Society (126) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards G-H (389) G (254) Gairdner Foundation International Award (89) I-J (268) J (208) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) Q-Z (398) W (157) William B. Coley Award (9) Wolf Prize in Medicine (19) complete name: George Davis Snell nobel prize: medicine award year: 1980 together with: Jean Dausset together with: Baruj Benacerraf prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980 was awarded jointly to Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset and George D. Snell "for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: George family name: Snell occupation: physician occupation: geneticist occupation: immunologist description: George Davis Snell was an American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1980/summary/> date birth: 1903 date death: 1996 usual name: George Snell