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Gertrude B. Elion

Pharmacologist · born 23rd January 1918

Date of birth
23 January
Birth year
1918
Lived
81
Zodiac
♒ Aquarius

About Gertrude B. Elion

Pioneer pharmacologist who was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for developing new drugs leukemia, gout, and malaria among others. She became the first woman to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1991.

Gertrude B. Elion was born 23rd January 1918 in New York City, New York, United States. Their primary profession is listed as pharmacologist. They died in 1999. On 23 January, 605 people in our archive share this birthday.

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