Frederick Chapman Robbins

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name = Frederick Chapman Robbins

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field = Pediatrics
Virology
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prizes = Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954)
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Frederick Chapman Robbins (August 25, 1916 – August 4, 2003) was an American pediatrician and virologist.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 along with John Franklin Enders and Thomas Huckle Weller. The award was for his breakthrough work in isolation and growth of the polio virus, paving the way for vaccines developed by Jonas Salk, Florence R. Sabin, etc. He attended school at the University of Missouri and Harvard University.

References

*cite journal
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last=Zetterström
first=Rolf
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coauthors=Lagercrantz Hugo
year=2006
month=Sep
title=J.F. Enders (1897-1985), T.H. Weller (1915-) and F.C. Robbins (1916-2003): a simplified method for the multiplication of poliomyelitis virus. Dreams of eradicating a terrifying disease
journal=Acta Paediatr.
volume=95
issue=9
pages=1026–8
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pmid = 16938745
doi = 10.1080/08035250600900073
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*cite journal
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year=1988
month=Feb
title=The Abraham Flexner Award for distinguished service to medical education. Frederick C. Robbins, M.D
journal=Journal of medical education
volume=63
issue=2
pages=121–2
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pmid = 3276892
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last=Bendiner
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year=1982
month=Jan
title=Enders, Weller, and Robbins: the trio that 'fished in troubled waters'
journal=Hosp. Pract. (Off. Ed.)
volume=17
issue=1
pages=163, 169, 174–5 passim
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pmid = 6295913
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last=Marshall
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year=1980
month=Mar
title=Institute of Medicine names Robbins president
journal=Science
volume=207
issue=4436
pages=1184–5
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pmid = 6986655
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doi=10.1126/science.6986655
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last=Sulek
first=K
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year=1968
month=Dec
title= [Nobel prizes for John F. Enders, Frederick Ch, Robbins and Thomas H. Weller in 1954 for discovery of the possibility of growing poliomyelitis virus on various tissue media]
journal=Wiad. Lek.
volume=21
issue=24
pages=2301–3
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pmid = 4303387
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Further reading

* Robbins's [http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1954/robbins-bio.html Nobel biography]

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NAME= Robbins, Frederick Chapman
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= American doctor
DATE OF BIRTH= August 25, 1916
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DATE OF DEATH= August 4, 2003
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