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Koprowski, Hilary

LC control no.n 50043265
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3561.O654
Personal name headingKoprowski, Hilary
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Variant(s)Koprowski, H. (Hilary)
Birth date1916-12-05
Death date2013-04-11
Place of birthWarsaw, Poland
Place of deathWynnewood, Montgomery County, Pa.
Field of activityVirology Vaccines Poliomyelitis vaccine, Oral
AffiliationThomas Jefferson University
Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
Profession or occupationVirologist Composer Author
Found inConference on Cell-Bound Antibodies, Washington, D.C., 1963. Cell-bound antibodies, 1963
Mouse mammary tumor virus, 1983: t.p. (H. Koprowski)
On ne badine pas avec l'esprit creatif, 1995: t.p. (Hilary Koprowski) p. 4 of cover (b. in Warsaw; grad. of Warsaw Univ. Med. School & 2 conservatories of music; lived in US since 1944; author of scientific and fictional works)
Koprowski, H. Fleeting thoughts [SR] p1999: label (Hilary Koprowski) insert (b. in Warsaw, Poland; graduated with major in piano from the Warsaw Conservatory; obtained M.D. degree in Warsaw, 1939; studied music and graduated from the Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome in 1940; moved to U.S. and became Director of the Wistar Institute in 1957; began studying musical composition in 1995)
Telegraph (online), viewed Apr. 17, 2013 (Hilary Koprowski; b. Dec. 5, 1916, Warsaw; d. Apr. 11, 2013; virologist who pioneered the first successful oral vaccine against polio)
Associated languageeng