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John Franklin Enders
John Franklin Enders's bronze bust at the Polio Hall of Fame
Born(1897-02-10)February 10, 1897
West Hartford, Connecticut
DiedSeptember 8, 1985(1985-09-08) (aged 88)
Waterford, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University
Known forpoliomyelitis viruses
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1954

John Franklin Enders (February 10 1897 – September 8 1985) was an American medical scientist and Nobel laureate. Enders had been called, "The Father of Modern vaccines," and his discoveries have been estimated to have saved over 114 million lives worldwide. [1]

Life

Enders was born in West Hartford, Connecticut and was educated at the Noah Webster School at Hartford and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He then attended Yale University for a short time before entering the United States Air Force in 1918.

After returning from war he graduated from Yale, where he was a member of Scroll and Key as well as Delta Kappa Epsilon, and went on to become a businessman in real estate in 1922. He tried his hand at several careers before choosing to work in the biological field studying infectious diseases, gaining a Ph.D. at Harvard in 1930.

In 1954, while working at Children's Hospital Boston, Enders, Thomas Huckle Weller, and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue".

Enders died in 1985 in Waterford, Connecticut, aged 88.

Honours

Honorary doctoral degrees from thirteen universities..[2]

References

  1. ^ Woodward, Billy. "John Enders-Over 114 Million Lives Saved." Scientists Greater Than Einstein. Fresno: Quill Driver Books, 2009.
  2. ^ Weller/Robb p. 62

Further reading

  • Thomas H. Weller and Frederick C. Robb: John Franklin Enders (1897 - 1985), A Biographical Memoir, Washington (D.C.), 1991 (NAS publication also online PDF)
  • Katz, S L (2009). "John F. Enders and measles virus vaccine--a reminiscence". Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. 329. Germany: 3–11. ISSN 0070-217X. PMID 19198559. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, |laysummary=, and |month= (help); Unknown parameter |quotes= ignored (help)

External links

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