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Baruch Samuel Blumberg

American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011)

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Baruch Samuel Blumberg (July 28, 1925 – April 5, 2011), known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Daniel Carleton Gajdusek), for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH and at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. He was president of the American Philosophical Society from 2005 until his death.

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Born
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Place of birth
Brooklyn wd
Died
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Place of death
Mountain View wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physician, anthropologist, virologist, university teacher, inventor, biochemist wd
Education
Balliol College, Columbia University, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Union College, Far Rockaway High School, Yeshivah of Flatbush wd

Awards wd

  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1975)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1976)
  • John Scott Award (1998)
  • National Inventors Hall of Fame (1993)
  • Croonian Medal and Lecture (1994)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award
  • honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII (1979)
  • honorary doctorate (2010)

About

Blumberg and Gajdusek received the Nobel Prize for discovering "new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases." Blumberg identified the hepatitis B virus, and later developed its diagnostic test and vaccine.

Questions

When was Baruch Samuel Blumberg born?
Baruch Samuel Blumberg was born on 28 July 1925 in Brooklyn.
Where did Baruch Samuel Blumberg study?
Baruch Samuel Blumberg was educated at Balliol College, Columbia University, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Union College.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Baruch Samuel Blumberg · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q105830 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Baruch Samuel Blumberg by Tom Trower (NASA) (cropped).jpg by Tom Trower (NASA) (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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