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Richard Dawkins referred to him as \"the wittiest of all scientific writers\"; Stephen Jay Gould as \"the cleverest man I have ever known\".","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 February 1915","date":"1915-02-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Petrópolis","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189043"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"2 October 1987","date":"1987-10-02"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"London","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United Kingdom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145"},{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"physician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39631"},{"text":"immunologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12119633"},{"text":"zoologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350979"},{"text":"autobiographer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18814623"},{"text":"professor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121594"},{"text":"physiologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2055046"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Magdalen College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81162"},{"text":"Marlborough College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1902016"},{"text":"University of Oxford","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34433"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Jean Medawar","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6171170","start":"1937"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P26"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Fellow of the Royal Society","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15631401"},{"text":"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80061","date":"1960"},{"text":"Commander of the Order of the British Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12201477"},{"text":"Copley Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28003","date":"1969"},{"text":"Royal Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746756","date":"1959"},{"text":"Kalinga Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q782022","date":"1985"},{"text":"EMBO Membership","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26268243"},{"text":"Croonian Medal and Lecture","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192912","date":"1958"},{"text":"Michael Faraday Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1383983","date":"1987"},{"text":"Knight Bachelor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833163","date":"1965"},{"text":"Order of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94056","date":"1981"},{"text":"Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105339055","date":"1967"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Medawar","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214209"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Peter Medawar born?","a":"Peter Medawar was born on 28 February 1915 in Petrópolis."},{"q":"Where did Peter Medawar study?","a":"Peter Medawar was educated at Magdalen College, Marlborough College, University of Oxford."}],"related":[{"name":"Aaron Klug","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aaron-klug"},{"name":"Alan Hodgkin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alan-hodgkin"},{"name":"Andre Geim","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andre-geim"},{"name":"Andrew Huxley","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-huxley"},{"name":"Antony Hewish","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antony-hewish"},{"name":"Archer Martin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/archer-martin"},{"name":"Arthur Harden","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-harden"},{"name":"Brian Josephson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/brian-josephson"},{"name":"C. 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