Birthdate: January 30, 1899
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pretoria, South Africa
Died: August 11, 1972
Max Theiler, a prominent South African-American virologist and physician, achieved recognition for his pioneering efforts in creating a yellow fever vaccine in 1937. In 1951, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, becoming the first African-born individual to be awarded this prestigious honor. Theiler pursued his education in South Africa and continued his postgraduate studies in London. Subsequently, he conducted research at Harvard University and later served as the director of the Virus Laboratory at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, where he dedicated the rest of his career.
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