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John Franklin Enders
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John Franklin Enders

1897 – 1985 · aged 88

American medical researcher (1897-1985)

Born
10 Feb 1897 · West Hartford
Died
8 Sept 1985 · Waterford

Life timeline

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

Showing 101 years
  1. 10 Feb 1897BornBorn in West Hartford
  2. 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
  3. 1954AwardAlbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  4. 1954AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  5. 1962AwardHoward Taylor Ricketts Prize
  6. 1962AwardRobert Koch Prize
  7. 1963AwardAMA Scientific Achievement Award
  8. 1963AwardPresidential Medal of Freedom
  9. 1967AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
  10. 1973AwardHonorary doctor of Toulouse-III University
  11. 8 Sept 1985DiedDied in Waterford

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1897 – 1985).

  1. 1898Spanish–American War
  2. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  3. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  4. 1917Balfour Declaration
  5. 1917February Revolution
  6. 1917October Revolution
  7. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  8. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  9. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  10. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  11. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  12. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  13. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  14. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1938Munich Agreement
  16. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  17. 1939 – 1945World War II
  18. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  19. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  20. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  21. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  22. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  23. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  24. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  25. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  27. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  28. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  30. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  31. 1956Suez Crisis
  32. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  34. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  36. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  38. 1968Prague Spring
  39. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  40. 19721972 Summer Olympics

Biography

John Franklin Enders (February 10, 1897 – September 8, 1985) was an American biomedical scientist and Nobel Laureate. Enders has been called "The Father of Modern Vaccines."

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