Max Theiler

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1951

“for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it”

Max Theiler was a virologist born in 1899. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it. He was affiliated with the Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health, Rockefeller Foundation, in the USA when awarded.