Hermann Joseph Muller

Hermann Joseph Muller

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Hermann Joseph Muller; ForMemRS
	Muller in 1952
Born	December 21, 1890; New York City, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1967 (aged 76); Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University
Known for	The genetic effects of radiation
Spouses	Jessie Marie Jacobs (m. 1923); Dorothea Kantorowicz (m. 1939);
Children	2, including David E. Muller
Relatives	Mala Htun (granddaughter)
Awards	1927 Newcomb Cleveland Prize; 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Linnean Society of London's Darwin–Wallace Medal (1958); Foreign Member of the Royal Society; 1963 Humanist of the Year (American Humanist Association);
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics, molecular biology
Doctoral advisor	Thomas Hunt Morgan
Doctoral students	Charlotte Auerbach; H. Bentley Glass; Clarence Paul Oliver; Elof Axel Carlson; Wilson Stone; Guido Pontecorvo

Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, "for the discovery that mutations can be induced by X-rays". Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices.

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