Max Theiler (30 January 1899 – 11 August 1972) was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate.
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Max Theiler 30 January 1899 Pretoria, South African Republic
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Died |
11 August 1972 (aged 73) New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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