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Jacob, François, 1920-2013

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Personal name headingJacob, François, 1920-2013
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Variant(s)ז׳קוב, פרנסואה, 1920-
ז׳קוב, פרנסוא, 1920-
Birth date1920-06-17
Death date2013-04-19
Place of birthNancy, France
Place of deathParis, France
Field of activityGenetics Molecular biology
AffiliationCollège de France
Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
Profession or occupationNobel Prize winner
Geneticist Molecular biologist
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Found inAuthor's Les bactéries lysogènes et la notion de provirus, 1954.
New York times (online), viewed Apr. 26, 2013 (in obituary published Apr. 25: Dr. François Jacob; b. June 17, 1920, Nancy; d. Apr. 19, Paris, aged 92; French war hero whose combat wounds forced him to change his career paths from surgeon to scientist, a pursuit that led to a Nobel Prize in 1965 for his role in discovering how genes are regulated)
Associated languagefre