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Selman Waksman
July 22, 1888 – August 16, 1973
American biochemist and microbiologist (1888–1973)
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Selman Abraham Waksman was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics. For his work he won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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- Birthday · July 22
- Anniversary · August 16
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