Peter Medawar(1915)
MedicineSir Peter Brian Medawar was a British biologist and writer, whose works on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance have been fundamental to the medical practice of tissue and organ transplants. For his scientific works, he is regarded as the "father of transplantation". He is remembered for his wit both in person and in popular writings.
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1960for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance
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Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Magdalen College
Marlborough College
University of Oxford(Doctor of Philosophy)
Doctoral Advisor
Avrion Mitchison
Career Timeline
Magdalen College?–present
University College London?–present
University of Birmingham?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
MR
Martin Rees
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)
JE
John Ellis
Copley Medal (2019)
JB
John B. Gurdon
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2012)
MJ
Martin J. Evans
Copley Medal (2009)
PN
Paul Nurse
Copley Medal (2005)
SB
Sydney Brenner
Dan David Prize (2003)
JW
James Watson
Dan David Prize (2003)
César Milstein
Copley Medal (1989)
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