Hermann Joseph Muller Ph.D.
Hermann Joseph Muller Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1946
Name: Hermann Joseph Muller
Birth: 21 December 1890, New York, NY, USA
Death: 5 April 1967
Institution: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Award: “for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation”
Subject: genetics
Portion of cash: 1/1
“Do you consider it possible to discover a cosmic ray which – applied to humanity – would cause a mutation making it peace-loving and suited to happy relationships? You’ll be awarded another Medicine and many Peace Nobels!” – Sigurd Curman, Banquet Speech
Biography
Books
Collaborator: Thomas Hunt Morgan Nobelist 1933
Mentor to Post-Doc: George D. Snell Nobelist 1980
Videos
Biography
Hermann Muller, Biographical memoir by Elof Axel Carlson, National Academies Press, Bio 27 pages, total 32 pages