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Languages
English, German
Spouse
Leopoldine Helene Wlasto
Parents
Leopold Landsteiner
Education
University of Geneva, University of Vienna
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♊ Gemini
Chinese Zodiac
龙 Dragon
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Karl Landsteiner: Jewish-Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate.
Born in Baden (died at age 75).
5 awards including Aronson Prize.
Studied at University of Geneva.
AWARDS (5)
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Aronson Prize
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Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh
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Foreign Member of the Royal Society
WON
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Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
WON
Biography
Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute.
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