Lise Thiry
Lise Thiry | |
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| Born | 5 February 1921 Liège, Belgium |
| Died | 16 January 2024 (aged 102) Waterloo, Belgium |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Liège |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Pasteur Institute |
| Main interests | Virology |
Lise Thiry (5 February 1921 – 16 January 2024) was a Belgian scientist and politician. She has been voted one of the top 100 Belgians on a television show on the Belgian French-speaking public channel RTBF.
Early life and education[edit]
Lise Thiry was born in 1921 on 5 February in Liège. Her father was Marcel Thiry, who was a leading French poet. She was one of three female students, in 1940, who studied medicine at the University of Liège. She graduated in 1946.
Career and research[edit]
Thiry went on to research at the Pasteur Institute in Brussels. In 1951, she created a virology department. She developed a method of screening the AIDS virus (HIV).[1]
In 1990, she became a senator. In 2002, whilst championing the rights of asylum seekers she wrote Conversations with the Clandestine Ones.[2]
Thiry turned 100 in February 2021,[3] and died on 16 January 2024, at the age of 102.[4][5]
Awards and honours[edit]
- In 1990, she was voted "Woman of the Year".
- In 2007, a 70 cent stamp featuring Thiry and the AIDS virus was created.[1]
- In 2001, she was given the Walloon Merit at the rank of Commander.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lise Thiry, AIDS on stamps, Retrieved 3 November 2015
- ^ Lise Thiry (2002). Conversation avec des clandestins. Cerisier. ISBN 978-2-87267-064-2.
- ^ "3x100 ans: quel événement!" (in French). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "La virologue belge Lise Thiry, célèbre pour ses recherches sur le sida et son engagement politique, est décédée à l'âge de 102 ans". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Lise Thiry". lesfunérailles.be. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Lise Thiry". connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
External links[edit]
- Lise Thiry, BNF.fr
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- 1921 births
- 2024 deaths
- Belgian women biologists
- 20th-century Belgian scientists
- 20th-century biologists
- 20th-century women scientists
- Belgian medical writers
- Belgian virologists
- Belgian women in politics
- Belgian women physicians
- Physicians from Liège
- Women virologists
- Belgian centenarians
- Politicians from Liège
- Women centenarians