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Harald zur Hausen
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Harald zur Hausen

1936 – 2023 · aged 87

German virologist and professor emeritus (1936–2023)

Born
11 Mar 1936 · Gelsenkirchen
Died
29 May 2023 · Heidelberg

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 100 years
  1. 11 Mar 1936BornBorn in Gelsenkirchen
  2. 1975AwardRobert Koch Prize
  3. 1986AwardCharles S. Mott Prize
  4. 1986AwardGerman Cancer Award
  5. 1992AwardM. W. Beijerinck Prize for Virology
  6. 1994AwardPaul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
  7. 1996AwardErnst Jung Prize for Medicine
  8. 1996AwardJacob-Henle-Medaille
  9. 2001AwardASTDA Distinguished Career Award
  10. 2005AwardPrince Mahidol Award
  11. 2006AwardGerman Cancer Aid Award
  12. 2006AwardOrder of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
  13. 2006AwardWilliam B. Coley Award
  14. 29 May 2023DiedDied in Heidelberg

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1936 – 2023).

  1. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  2. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  3. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1938Munich Agreement
  5. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  6. 1939 – 1945World War II
  7. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  8. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  9. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  10. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  11. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  12. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  13. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  14. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  16. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  17. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  19. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  20. 1956Suez Crisis
  21. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  23. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  25. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  27. 1968Prague Spring
  28. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  29. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  30. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  31. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  33. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  34. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  35. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  36. 1985Schengen Agreement
  37. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  38. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  39. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  40. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Biography

Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (German pronunciation: [ˈhaʁalt tsuːɐ̯ ˈhaʊzn̩] ; 11 March 1936 – 29 May 2023) was a German virologist. He carried out research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008. He was chairman of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg.

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