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Jean Dausset

French immunologist (1916-2009)

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Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France. Dausset received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 along with Baruj Benacerraf and George Davis Snell for their discovery and characterisation of the genes making the major histocompatibility complex. Using the money from his Nobel Prize and a grant from the French Television, Dausset founded the Human Polymorphism Study Center (CEPH) in 1984, which was later renamed the Foundation Jean Dausset-CEPH in his honour. He married Rose Mayoral in 1963, with whom he had two children, Henri and Irène. Jean Dausset died on June 6, 2009, in Mallorca, Spain, at the age of 92.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Toulouse wd
Died
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Place of death
Palma wd
Citizenship
France wd
Occupation
physician, physiologist, immunologist, chemist, professor, professeur des universités wd
Education
Paris Medical Faculty, Lycée Michelet, Vanves wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1980)
  • Wolf Prize in Medicine (1978)
  • Ramon Llull Award
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1977)
  • Prix de l'Etat (1967)
  • Honorary doctor of the University of Zagreb
  • Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
  • honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1990)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Zaragoza (1995)
  • Robert Koch Prize (1977)
  • honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (1996)
  • honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands
  • CNRS silver medal (1967)
  • Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award

Questions

When was Jean Dausset born?
Jean Dausset was born on 19 October 1916 in Toulouse.
Where did Jean Dausset study?
Jean Dausset was educated at Paris Medical Faculty, Lycée Michelet, Vanves.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Jean Dausset · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q152760 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Jean Dausset 1968.jpg by Agip (CC BY-SA 3.0 nl)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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