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Karl Landsteiner
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Karl Landsteiner

Scientist · born June 14, 1868 · died 1943

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Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute.

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  1. ~62Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1930

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