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Harald zur Hausen

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2008
for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer
Citizenship
Germany Germany
Languages
English, German
date of birth
3/11/1936
place of birth
Gelsenkirchen
date of death
5/29/2023
place of death
Heidelberg
Lived
87 years
member of
  • Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
    • start time: 1/1/1986
  • Academia Europaea
    • start time: 1/1/1990
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2009
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences at Berlin
  • European Molecular Biology Organization
employer
  • University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
  • Heidelberg University
  • University of Freiburg
  • University of Würzburg
  • University of Pennsylvania
field of work
  • virology
occupation
  • university teacher
  • oncologist
  • virologist
  • physician
  • Nobel Prize winner
work location
  • Freiburg im Breisgau
educated at
  • University of Düsseldorf
  • Heidelberg University
  • University of Bonn
  • University of Hamburg
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