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Campbell worked at the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research 1957–1990, and has become a research fellow emeritus at Drew University.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 June 1930","date":"1930-06-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21061212#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Ramelton","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2078143"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21061212#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ireland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27"},{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21061212#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"parasitologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12773412"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"biochemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2919046"},{"text":"chemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593644"},{"text":"physiologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2055046"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21061212#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Wisconsin–Madison","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838330"},{"text":"Trinity College, Dublin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258464"},{"text":"University of Dublin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2496094"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21061212#P69"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80061","date":"2015"},{"text":"Fellow of the Royal Society","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15631401","date":"2020"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21061212#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Campbell_(scientist)","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21061212"],"faq":[{"q":"When was William C. Campbell born?","a":"William C. Campbell was born on 28 June 1930 in Ramelton."},{"q":"Where did William C. Campbell study?","a":"William C. 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