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Joshua Lederberg

J. Lederberg

American molecular biologist (1925–2008).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Member Of

Royal Society
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Association for Computing Machinery
(1994 - )
Subject Has Role
:
ACM Fellow
Start Time
: 1994
American Philosophical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Date of Birth

5/23/1925

Date of Death

2/2/2008

Place of Birth

Montclair

Place of Death

New York City

Country of Citizenship

United States

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(1958)
Together With
:
George Beadle
Together With
:
Edward Tatum
Award Rationale
: for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria
Award Rationale
: för hans upptäckter rörande genetisk rekombination samt arvsmassans organisation hos bakterier
Point in Time
: 1958
Prize Money
: 107,279 Swedish krona
Presidential Medal of Freedom
(2006)
Conferred By
:
George W. Bush
Point in Time
: 2006
William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
(1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
National Medal of Science
(1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
Maxwell Finland Award
(1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award
(1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
ACM Fellow
(1994)
Point in Time
: 1994
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(4/26/1979)
Point in Time
: 4/26/1979
Wilbur Cross Medal
(1969)
Point in Time
: 1969

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Occupation

Geneticist
Molecular Biologist
University Teacher
Computer Scientist
Artificial Intelligence Researcher
Physician
Zoologist
Microbiologist

Given Name

Joshua

Cause of Death

Pneumonia

Educated At

Columbia University
Yale University
( - 1948)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
Academic Major
:
Botany
End Time
: 1948
Stuyvesant High School
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Employer

University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stanford University
The Rockefeller University

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Ледерберг Джошуа
Obálky Knih
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Subject Named As
:Lederberg, Joshua, 1925-2008

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Name in Native Language

Joshua Lederberg

Field of Work

Microbiology
Genetics

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Archives At

Stanford University

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Interested In

Genetics
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