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Frederick Chapman Robbins (August 25, 1916 – August 4, 2003) was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri , attending David H. Hickman High School .
Apr 4, 2024 · Frederick Chapman Robbins (born August 25, 1916, Auburn, Alabama, U.S.—died August 4, 2003, Cleveland, Ohio) was an American pediatrician and virologist who received (with John Enders and Thomas Weller) the 1954 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for successfully cultivating poliomyelitis virus in tissue cultures.
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Frederick Chapman Robbins was born in Auburn, Alabama, on August 25, 1916, Robbins grew up in Columbia, Missouri, where his father was a professor of botany at the University of Missouri. Robbins received an A.B. in 1936 from the University of Missouri and entered the school's two-year medical program, earning a B.S. in 1938. He completed his studi...
Frederick C. Robbins was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with John F. Enders (AAI '36, president 1952–53) and Thomas H. Weller(AAI '52) "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue." When Robbins began working with Enders and Weller in 1948, poliovirus had...
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Aug 5, 2003 · Frederick Chapman Robbins was born on Aug. 25, 1916, in Auburn, Ala., and grew up in Columbia, Mo., where he played polo and won ribbons as a horseman. His parents, Prof. William J. Robbins and ...
Robbins, Frederick Chapman. ( b. 25 August 1916 in Auburn, Alabama; d. 4 August 2003 in Cleveland, Ohio), virologist, pediatrician, and Nobel Prize winner. Robbins was the eldest of the three children of William Jacob Robbins, a professor of plant physiology, and Christine (Chapman) Robbins, also a botanist.
ROBBINS, DR. FREDERICK CHAPMAN (25 August 1916- 4 August 2003) was a pediatrician, Nobel Prize laureate, and former Dean of the Medical School at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. Born to botanists William J. and Christine Chapman Robbins in Auburn, AL, Frederick Robbins grew up in Columbia, MO, and received his A.B. (1936) and B.S. (1938) from ...
Frederick Chapman Robbins. 1916-. American physiologist and pediatrician who cultivated viruses to combat polio. Earning a Harvard medical degree, Robbins worked as a pediatrician at Boston's Children's Hospital. With Thomas H. Weller and John F. Enders, Robbins grew the poliomyelitis virus in various tissue cultures. The trio won the 1954 ...