Thomas Huckle Weller
Thomas Huckle Weller | |
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Nobel Prize portrait, 1954 | |
| Born | June 15, 1915 |
| Died | August 23, 2008 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Harvard Medical School |
| Known for | poliomyelitis viruses |
| Awards | E. Mead Johnson Award (1953) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954) Walter Reed Medal (1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | virology |
Thomas Huckle Weller (June 15, 1915 – August 23, 2008) was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin and muscle tissue.