Jonas Salk
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 28 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 28,1914 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Date of died | June 23,1995 |
| Died | La Jolla |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Known for | First polio vaccine |
| Job | Physician |
| Biomedical scientist | |
| Virologist | |
| Books | The survival of the wisest |
| A New Reality: Human Evolution for a Sustainable Future | |
| World Population and Human Values: A New Reality | |
| Anatomy of Reality: Merging of Intuition and Reason | |
| Man unfolding | |
| How Like an Angel: Biology and the Nature of Man | |
| Infectious molecules and human disease | |
| Steroid Chemistry: A Guide to the Use and Synthesis of GlucoCortico Steroid Hormones, Estrogens, Progestogens, Androgens and NeuroTransmitters | |
| Awards | Congressional Gold Medal |
| Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award | |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding | |
| John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium | |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom | |
| Spouse | Françoise Gilot |
| Donna Lindsay | |
| Children | Peter Salk |
| Darrell Salk | |
| Jonathan Salk | |
| Parents | Daniel Salk |
| Dora Salk | |
| Siblings | Lee Salk |
| Herman Salk | |
| Education | NYU Grossman School of Medicine |
| Nationality | American |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 439946 |
Jonas Salk Life story
Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine.
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