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J. Michael Bishop
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Person

J. Michael Bishop

1936 – 2026 · aged 90

American immunologist and microbiologist who specialized in cancer research

Born
22 Feb 1936 · York
Died
20 Mar 2026 · San Francisco

Life timeline

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

Showing 103 years
  1. 22 Feb 1936BornBorn in York
  2. 1982AwardAlbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  3. 1984AwardAlfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize
  4. 1984AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
  5. 1986AwardDickson Prize in Medicine
  6. 1989AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  7. 1991AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Miami
  8. 1998AwardASCB Public Service Award
  9. 2003AwardNational Medal of Science
  10. 2004AwardHonorary doctor of Harvard University
  11. 2008AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
  12. 20 Mar 2026DiedDied in San Francisco

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1936 – 2026).

  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

John Michael Bishop (February 22, 1936 – March 20, 2026) was an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus. He was a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also served as chancellor from 1998 to 2009.

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