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Karl Landsteiner

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Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute.

Facts
Birth Year
1868 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1868-06-14 2
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1943-06-26 2
Death Year
1943 1
Death Place
New York City, United States 1
Nationality
Austria-Hungary 1
Nationality
United States 1
Notable Work
blood type 1
Birthplace
Baden, Austria 1
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria 1
Field
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
Field (category)
Biology 1
Field (category)
Medicine 1
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Works In

Medicine, Disciplines
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Virology, Disciplines
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1. Karl Landsteiner (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1943-06-26T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Austria-Hungary
    Q28513
  • P20 (place of death): New York City, United States
    Q60
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P19 (place of birth): Baden, Austria
    Q486450
  • P19 (place of birth): Vienna, Austria
    Q1741
  • P800 (notable work): blood type
    Q47657
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2. Karl Landsteiner (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (Wikipedia plaintext extract)
    was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute.
  • Infobox, Born
    14 June 1868
  • Infobox, Died
    26 June 1943
  • Works In: Medicine, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Medicine; virology
  • Works In: Virology, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Medicine; virology
  • Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
    He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1941. In 1946, he was pos
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    In addition to winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Landsteiner was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1932, elected to the American Philos
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