Society of American Bacteriologists

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Society of American Bacteriologists

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

After 1961, the American Society for Microbiology.

Founding Date:
1899

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Oswald Avery Biologist 21-Oct-1877 20-Feb-1955 Antibodies and DNA

Jonas Salk Scientist 28-Oct-1914 23-Jun-1995 Discoverer of the first polio vaccine

Theobald Smith Scientist 31-Jul-1859 10-Dec-1934 Infectious and parasitic diseases

William H. Welch Scientist 8-Apr-1850 30-Apr-1934 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Hans Zinsser Scientist 17-Nov-1878 4-Sep-1940 Typhus vaccine

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