Selman Waksman

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
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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
gptkbp:birthDate 1888-07-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nova_Pryluka,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:causeOfDeath natural causes
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1973-08-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Hyannis,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Jacob_Lipman
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Albert_Schatz
gptkb:H._Boyd_Woodruff
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:Rutgers_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Rutgers_University
gptkbp:fieldOfWork biochemistry
microbiology
gptkbp:hasPatent gptkb:US_Patent_2,449,866_(streptomycin)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Selman Waksman
gptkbp:influenced medical microbiology
antibiotic discovery
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Jacob_Lipman
gptkbp:knownFor antibiotics research
discovery of streptomycin
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Yiddish
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Enzymes
gptkb:Principles_of_Soil_Microbiology
gptkb:The_Conquest_of_Tuberculosis
Streptomycin: Nature, Synthesis, and Clinical Use
gptkbp:occupation biologist
chemist
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Deborah_Waksman
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gptkb:Robert_Koch
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