Alfred Hershey
Alfred Day Hershey (December 4, 1908 – May 22, 1997) was an American Nobel Prize–winning bacteriologist and geneticist.
Alfred Hershey | |
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| Born | Alfred Day Hershey December 4, 1908 Owosso, Michigan, US |
| Died | May 22, 1997 (aged 88) Syosset, New York, US |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University |
| Known for | Proof of DNA as genetic material of life |
| Awards | Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1958) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bacteriology, genetics, DNA |
| Institutions | Washington University School of Medicine |
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