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Selman Abraham Waksman

Died on August 16, 1973

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Selman Abraham Waksman (22 July 1888 – August 16, 1973) was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics.

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