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Max Theiler (30 January 1899 – 11 August 1972) was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate. [1]
Biographical. Max Theiler was born on January 30, 1899, in Pretoria, South Africa, one of the four children of Sir Arnold and Emma ( née Jegge) Theiler. His father was a well-known veterinary scientist.
Max Theiler (born January 30, 1899, Pretoria, South Africa—died August 11, 1972, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.) was a South African-born American microbiologist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his development of a vaccine against yellow fever.
Max Theiler. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1951. Born: 30 January 1899, Pretoria, South Africa. Died: 11 August 1972, New Haven, CT, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
In the year of Dr Theiler’s Nobel Prize win, he became the Director of Laboratories of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Division of Medicine and Public Health. His work and contributions extended to many other infectious diseases such as Weil’s disease, dengue fever and Japanese encephalitis.
The first one occurred at the turn of the century when Walter Reed and his co-workers showed by the use of human volunteers that the causative agent of this disease was a filterable virus and that it was transmitted by the bite of the common urban mosquito, subsequently named Aedes aegypti.
Nov 11, 2007 · In 1951, Max Theiler of the Rockefeller Foundation received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of an effective vaccine against yellow fever—a discovery first reported in the JEM 70 years ago.
May 21, 2018 · The South African-born American epidemiologist and microbiologist Max Theiler (1899-1972) received the 1951 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for developing a vaccine for yellow fever.
Jul 2, 2024 · (1899–1972) South African–American virologist. Theiler, the son of a physician from Pretoria in South Africa, was educated at the University of Cape Town; he received his MD in 1922 after attending St. Thomas's Hospital, London, and the London School of Tropical Medicine.
The 1951 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology was awarded to South African physician and microbiologist Max Theiler for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and its treatment.
