| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Elliott_Cresson_Medal gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
 gptkb:Leeuwenhoek_Medal
 gptkb:Star_of_the_Order_of_the_White_Lion
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1888-07-22 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Nova_Pryluka,_Russian_Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:causeOfDeath | natural causes 
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                                | gptkbp:citizenship | gptkb:United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1973-08-16 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Hyannis,_Massachusetts,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Jacob_Lipman 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralStudent | gptkb:Albert_Schatz gptkb:H._Boyd_Woodruff
 
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                                | gptkbp:educatedAt | gptkb:Rutgers_University gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Rutgers_University 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | biochemistry microbiology
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasPatent | gptkb:US_Patent_2,449,866_(streptomycin) 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | medical microbiology antibiotic discovery
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Jacob_Lipman 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | antibiotics research discovery of streptomycin
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Russian gptkb:Yiddish
 English
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Enzymes gptkb:Principles_of_Soil_Microbiology
 gptkb:The_Conquest_of_Tuberculosis
 Streptomycin: Nature, Synthesis, and Clinical Use
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:biologist gptkb:chemist
 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Judaism 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Deborah_Waksman 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Lasker_Award gptkb:Robert_Koch
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 4 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Selman Waksman 
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