About Thomas Joseph King
Lived 1921 – 2000 (aged 79). Thomas Joseph King was an American biologist.
Thomas J. King (June 4, 1921 – October 25, 2000) was an American biologist.
Biography With Robert William Briggs, he worked on transplantation of somatic cell nuclei from adult frogs into enucleated oocytes this leading to the first clone of an animal in 1952. He was a scientist at the Institute for Cancer Research of the Lankenau Hospital Research Institute (now known as Lankenau Institute for Medical Research) when the work was conducted. King and Briggs were awarded in 1972 the highest honor of the French Academy: the Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer of the Académie des Sciences, Institut de France and were the first Americans to be so honored.
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American biologist (1921-2000)
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Thomas Joseph King was born on 4 June 1921.
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Thomas Joseph King died on 25 October 2000.
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Thomas Joseph King was a biologist.
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