Oswald Avery
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Oswald Avery was a Canadian-American physician and molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the material responsible for heredity.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oswald Avery canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
medical researcher
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person ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Royal Society membership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1877-10-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | liver cancer ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1955-02-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discovered | DNA as the transforming principle ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Colgate University
NERFINISHED
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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century biology ⓘ |
| familyName | Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bacteriology
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immunology ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| fullName | Oswald Theodore Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Oswald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Canadian ⓘ |
| influenced |
Erwin Chargaff
NERFINISHED
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Francis Crick NERFINISHED ⓘ James D. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ molecular genetics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment
NERFINISHED
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demonstrating that DNA is the material responsible for heredity ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Academy of Sciences
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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Canadian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first strong evidence that genes are composed of DNA ⓘ |
| notableWork | Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
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research scientist ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus | bacterial transformation ⓘ |
| studied | pneumococcus bacteria ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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