Joseph Murray
Scientist
Joseph Edward Murray (April 1, 1919 – November 26, 2012) was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954.Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. Donnall Thomas for their discoveries concerning "organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease."
Personal facts
| Birth date | April 01, 1919 |
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| Birth name | Joseph Edward Murray |
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| Birth place | Milford Massachusetts , Massachusetts , United States |
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| Date of death | November 26, 2012 |
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| Place of death | Boston , Massachusetts , United States |
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| Residence | Wellesley Massachusetts , Massachusetts , United States |
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| Education | College of the Holy Cross |
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