# 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 28 July 1925 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Brooklyn ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830#P19))
- **Died:** 5 April 2011 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830#P570))
- **Place of death:** Mountain View ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830#P27))
- **Occupation:** physician; anthropologist; virologist; university teacher; inventor; biochemist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830#P106))
- **Education:** Balliol College; Columbia University; Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Union College; Far Rockaway High School; Yeshivah of Flatbush ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830#P69))
- **Awards:** Canada Gairdner International Award; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; John Scott Award; National Inventors Hall of Fame; Croonian Medal and Lecture; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award; honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII; honorary doctorate ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830#P166))

## 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.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Baruch Samuel Blumberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Samuel_Blumberg) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q105830](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105830) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Baruch Samuel Blumberg by Tom Trower (NASA) (cropped).jpg by Tom Trower (NASA) (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baruch_Samuel_Blumberg_by_Tom_Trower_(NASA)_(cropped).jpg)

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