Selman Abraham Waksman (22 July 1888 - 16 August 1973) was an Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances-largely into organisms that live in soil-and their decomposition lead to the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics. A professor of biochemistry and microbiology at Rutgers University for four decades, … Wikipedia
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Selman Abraham Waksman Birth: Jul. 22, 1888, Ukraine Death: Aug. 16, 1973, USA Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1952. findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=waksman&GSfn=s...
Kingston, William Streptomycin, Schatz v. Waksman, and the Balance of Credit for Discovery Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences - Volume 59, Number 3, July 2004, pp. muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_history_of_medicine_...
Selman Abraham Waksman was born in Priluka, near Kiev, Russia, on July 22nd, 1888, as the son of Jacob Waksman and Fradia London. www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1952/waksman-bio.html
Selman Abraham Waksman Birth: Jul. 22, 1888, Ukraine Death: Aug. 16, 1973, USA Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1952. findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=waksman&am...