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Jonas Salk

Virologist · born 28th October 1914

Date of birth
28 October
Birth year
1914
Lived
81
Zodiac
♏ Scorpio

About Jonas Salk

Jewish medical researcher and virologist who developed a vaccine against polio in 1955. He never attempted to patent his vaccine and thus made no money off of it. In 1960 he founded he Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California and he spent his last years attempting to find a cure to HIV.

Jonas Salk was born 28th October 1914 in New York City, New York, United States. Their primary profession is listed as virologist. They died in 1995. On 28 October, 570 people in our archive share this birthday.

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