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That year, he moved to the United States to do research at the Harvard University School of Tropical Medicine. He lived and worked in that nation the rest of his life. In 1930, he moved to the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, becoming director of the Virus Laboratory."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"30 January 1899","date":"1899-01-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Pretoria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3926"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"11 August 1972","date":"1972-08-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"New Haven","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49145"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"},{"text":"South Africa","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"physician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39631"},{"text":"chemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593644"},{"text":"virologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15634281"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"St Thomas's Hospital Medical School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7595546"},{"text":"University of Cape Town","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951305"},{"text":"King's College London","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245247"},{"text":"Rhodes University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377757"},{"text":"Pretoria Boys High School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7242167"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"professor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121594"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80061","date":"1951"},{"text":"Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136696","date":"1949"},{"text":"Chalmers Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50308613","date":"1939"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Theiler","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46928"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Max Theiler born?","a":"Max Theiler was born on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria."},{"q":"What positions has Max Theiler held?","a":"Positions held by Max Theiler include: professor."},{"q":"Where did Max Theiler study?","a":"Max Theiler was educated at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, University of Cape Town, King's College London, Rhodes University."}],"related":[{"name":"Alexander Graham Bell","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alexander-graham-bell"},{"name":"C. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Max Theiler nobel.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Max Theiler\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/max-theiler. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/max-theiler","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/max-theiler","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/max-theiler?lang=ne"}}