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Salvador Luria

Italian American microbiologist (1912–1991)

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Salvador Edward Luria was an Italian microbiologist, later a naturalized U.S. citizen. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969, with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey, for their discoveries on the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses. Salvador Luria also showed that bacterial resistance to viruses (phages) is genetically inherited.

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Born
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Place of birth
Turin wd
Died
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Place of death
Lexington wd
Citizenship
United States, Kingdom of Italy wd
Occupation
microbiologist, university teacher, virologist, chemist, Specialist in microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology wd
Education
Columbia University, University of Turin, Sapienza University of Rome wd
Spouse
Zella Luria wd

Awards wd

  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1942)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1969)
  • National Book Award (1974)
  • National Medal of Science (1991)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1969)

Questions

When was Salvador Luria born?
Salvador Luria was born on 13 August 1912 in Turin.
Where did Salvador Luria study?
Salvador Luria was educated at Columbia University, University of Turin, Sapienza University of Rome.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Salvador Luria · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q205667 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Salvador E. Luria ca.1969.jpg by Provided by U.S. National Library of Medicine - please see here for more information. (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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