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George Whipple

American physician and biomedical researcher (1878–1976)

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George Hoyt Whipple was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and William Parry Murphy "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia". This makes Whipple the first of several Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of Rochester.

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Born
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Place of birth
Ashland wd
Died
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Place of death
Rochester wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physician, pathologist wd
Education
Yale University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Phillips Academy, Johns Hopkins University wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1934)
  • Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal (1962)
  • George M. Kober Medal (1939)

Questions

When was George Whipple born?
George Whipple was born on 28 August 1878 in Ashland.
Where did George Whipple study?
George Whipple was educated at Yale University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Phillips Academy, Johns Hopkins University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): George Whipple · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q273238 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: George Whipple nobel.jpg by The Nobel Foundation (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 9 November 2026

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