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Authorised form of nameJacob; Francois (1920 - 2013)
Dates1920 - 2013
NationalityFrench
Place of birthNancy, France
Date of birth17/06/1920
Date of death19/04/2013
OccupationCell biologist
ActivityCareer:
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1965
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election03/05/1973
Age at election52
RSActivityLectures:
Leeuwenhoek 1977; Humphry Davy and Claude Bernard 1985
SourceMariana Cook 'Faces of Science' 2005 pp84-85 Photograph and description of his work in his own words
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/44300426
CodeNA7847
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/002391Jacob, Francoisnd
EC/1973/34Jacob, Francois: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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