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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 1940s (43) 1946 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1890 (4) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) New York (67) New York City (56) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1960s (49) 1967 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Midwestern states (27) Indiana (3) Indianapolis (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) H (38) Hermann (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion Irreligion group (86) Atheism (75) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 57 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 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) Midwestern states (41) Indiana (3) Bloomington (1) Indiana University (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Edinburgh (19) University of Edinburgh (19) Long-term academic staff (5) North America (529) United States (521) Midwestern states (201) Indiana (17) Bloomington (8) Indiana University (8) Long-term academic staff (3) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Amherst (6) Amherst College (6) Short-term academic staff (1) New York (216) Ithaca (58) Cornell University (58) Alumni (18) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Alumni (43) Short-term academic staff (38) Southwestern states (38) Texas (26) University of Texas (18) Austin (11) University of Texas at Austin (11) Long-term academic staff (5) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) 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) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) D (194) Darwin-Wallace Medal (1) G-H (389) H (196) Humanist of the Year (4) I-J (268) J (208) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (13) K-L (297) K (173) Kimber Genetics Award (5) complete name: Hermann Joseph Muller nobel prize: medicine award year: 1946 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1946 was awarded to Hermann Joseph Muller "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Hermann family name: Muller occupation: biologist occupation: university teacher occupation: geneticist field of work: genetics work location: University of Texas at Austin, 110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States of America description: Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation (Mutagenesis) as well as his outspoken political beliefs. Muller frequently warned of the long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, helping to raise public awareness in this area. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1946. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1946/summary/> date birth: 1890 date death: 1967 usual name: Hermann Muller
