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SELMAN A WAKSMAN* 1888-1973 P or (' , . (' ,asas-(' ,rnnjn "ll .o * * Nacic) en Ia Villa de Priluca en Ucrania (Rusia). el 22 de julio de 1888. Descle muy temprana eclad se sintio au·aido hacia el estuclio de las Ciencias Naturales y en el alio de 1910, emigro a los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica
25 de oct. de 2013 · Selman Waksman was a prolific writer, publishing papers in a wide range of scientific journals, in several languages. He was author or coauthor of 28 books. His “Principles of Soil Microbiology,” an 897-page volume, the first edition published in 1927, for years became the standard text book of his field.
Lived 1888 - 1973. Selman Waksman and his research teams discovered antibiotics made by soil-dwelling bacteria - the word antibiotic was coined by Waksman. One of the antibiotics made by these bacteria was streptomycin, the first effective treatment for tuberculosis. Until Waksman's breakthrough in 1944, tuberculosis was killing over a hundred thousand people a year
When Selman Abraham Waksman was born on 22 July 1888, in Nova Pryluka, Berdichev, Kiev, Russian Empire, his father, Jacob Waksman, was 26 and his mother, Fradia London, was 22. He married Berta Devorah Mitnik on 4 August 1916, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
PUBLISHED 2003 BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. Photo by Tarza Studio, New Brunswick, New Jersey. SELMAN ABRAHAM WAKSMAN. July 22, 1888–August 16, 1973. BY ROLLIN D. HOTCHKISS. MANY GIFTS HAVE COME to humanity from Selman Waksman’s energy, enthusiasm, and passion for science. These came about through the development of ...
Selman Waksman (1888-1973), discoverer of streptomycin: a centenary review. ...
