Jonas Salk
Deceased Q200101

Jonas Salk

Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)

Born: October 28, 1914 (1914) · New York City
Died: June 23, 1995 (1995) · La Jolla
Age at death: 80 years
Cause of death: heart failure
Manner of death: natural causes
Nationality United States
Occupation inventor, physician, biologist, epidemiologist, virologist, immunologist
Field of work virology, epidemiology
Education University of Michigan, City College of New York, New York University, Grossman School of Medicine, Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School
Employer University of Pittsburgh
Gender male

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