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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 1990s (104) 1990 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1910s (117) 1919 (6) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) Massachusetts (21) Milford (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2010s (99) 2012 (9) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) Massachusetts (29) Boston (5) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) J (95) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) J (80) Joseph (9) 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) 72 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 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) Brigham and Women’s Hospital (2) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Alumni (77) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) complete name: Joseph Murray nobel prize: medicine award year: 1990 together with: E. Donnall Thomas prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990 was awarded jointly to Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas "for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Joseph family name: Murray occupation: physician occupation: surgeon occupation: university teacher work location: Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America description: Joseph Murray was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954. Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. Donnall Thomas for their discoveries concerning "organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease." image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1990/summary/> date birth: 1919 date death: 2012 usual name: Joseph Murray
