César Milstein
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Born(1927-10-08)8 October 1927
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Died24 March 2002(2002-03-24) (aged 74)
Cambridge, England
NationalityArgentine, naturalised as British
Alma mater
  • University of Buenos Aires
  • University of Cambridge
Known forReceiving Nobel Prize "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies"
Spouse(s)
Celia Prilleltensky
(m. 1953)
Awards
  • FRS (1975)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1980)
  • Wolf Prize in Medicine (1980)
  • William Bate Hardy Prize (1981)
  • Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1981)
  • Franklin Medal (1982)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1984)
  • Copley Medal (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Doctoral advisorAndrés O.M. Stoppani