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

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