#1Science & Medicine
Wendell Meredith Stanley
1904–1971American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Wendell Meredith Stanley came into the world in 1904. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 63 languages. In Indiana, 407 towns have someone on the list.

#1American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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