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Also Known As Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger
Born April 23, 1867 • Silkeborg • Denmark
Died January 30, 1928 (aged 60) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1926)
Subjects Of Study animal • cancer • carcinogenesis • laboratory

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