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Born April 25, 1873 • Montreal • Canada
Died February 22, 1949 (aged 75) • Paris • France
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Smith, Hamilton O.
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George P. Smith
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Élie Metchnikoff.
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Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
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Salvador E. Luria.
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