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Carl Woese

American microbiologist
Person human Q310067

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[27]
Date of birth
July 15, 1928
Date of death
December 30, 2012
Place of birth
Syracuse
Place of death
Urbana
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
microbiologist, university teacher
Employer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[9]
Field of work
microbiology[8]
Educated at
Amherst College, Deerfield Academy, Yale University[10][11][12]
Award received
MacArthur Fellows Program, Leeuwenhoek Medal, National Medal of Science, Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology, Crafoord Prize in Biosciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society[14][15][16][17][18][19]
Doctoral advisor
Ernest C. Pollard[13]
Cause of death
pancreatic cancer[28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[35]
Author citation (zoology)
Woese[33]
Birth name
Carl Richard Woese[36]
Family name
Wikidata item[30]
Given name
Carl, Richard[31][32]
Interested in
microbiology[38]
Manner of death
natural causes[34]
Member of
Royal Society of London, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, American Philosophical Society[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Name in native language
Carl Woese[37]
Residence
Urbana[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Carl R. Woese en C. Woese en C. R. Woese en Carl Woese ar كارل ووز cs Carl R. Woese de Woese de Carl R. Woese de Carl Richard Woese es Woese es Carl Richard Woese fa کارل ووز fr Carl Richard Woese fr Carl R. Woese he קרל ווז hu Carl Richard Woese hu Carl R. Woese id Carl Richard Woese it Carl Richard Woese ja カール・ウーズ
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000000620083
VIAF cluster ID
73930930
Library of Congress authority ID
n85802740
GND ID
1066616191
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Carl Woese.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID
56761
Awards & Winners artist ID
0b3q6
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12367577v
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
woese-carl-richard
CiNii Research ID
1140845216617740544
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1066616191
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Carl-R-Woese, biography/Carl-Woese
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Encyclopædia Universalis ID
carl-woese
FAST ID
146870
FactGrid item ID
Bob Cranshaw
Find a Grave memorial ID
102868425
Freebase ID
/m/0b3q6
Geni.com profile ID
6000000079660895063
Google News topics ID
CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNR0l6Y1RZU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
Google Scholar author ID
PCOr12YAAAAJ
IdRef ID
085838462
Leopoldina member ID (new)
carl-r-woese
MacArthur Fellows Program ID
218, class-of-march-1984/carl-r-woese
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01121951
NE.se ID
carl-r-woese
National Academy of Sciences member ID
8899
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007334450105171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9811523232605606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067565166
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3997378
Open Library ID
OL2101180A
Prabook ID
242066
SNAC ARK ID
w6zb23ng
Scopus author ID
7005491275
Topic's main category
Category:Carl Woese
WikiTree person ID
Woese-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfX4xBRyKw8VgFdjb6qcP
Yale LUX ID
person/cc19b553-b291-4768-b3ab-0fc9c366a9d8

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🔗 Connections
Member of 7
Royal Society of London, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, American Philosophical Society, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Award received 5
National Medal of Science, MacArthur Fellows Program, Leeuwenhoek Medal, Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology, Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
Educated at 3
Yale University, Amherst College, Deerfield Academy
Occupation 3
biologist, microbiologist, university teacher
Given name 2
Richard, Carl
Cause of death 1
pancreatic cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
FactGrid item ID 1
Bob Cranshaw
Field of work 1
microbiology
Influenced 1
Norman R. Pace
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
microbiology
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Syracuse
Place of death 1
Urbana
Residence 1
Urbana
Sex or gender 1
male
← Discoverer or inventor 1
Archaea
← Winner 1
Leeuwenhoek Medal
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Summary

Carl Woese was born on July 15, 1928[1], in Syracuse[2]. He died on December 30, 2012[3], in Urbana[4]. He worked as a microbiologist[5] and university teacher[6].

Why It Matters

Carl Woese has been cited as an influence by Norman R. Pace[39], a biochemist[40], b. 1942[41], of United States[42], awarded the MacArthur Fellows Program[43], specialised in biochemistry[44].

He is credited with the discovery of Archaea[45], a taxon[46].

FAQs

Where was Carl Woese born?

Carl Woese's place of birth was Syracuse[2].

Where did Carl Woese die?

Carl Woese passed away in Urbana[4].

What did Carl Woese do for work?

Carl Woese worked as a microbiologist[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Carl Woese go to school?

Carl Woese was educated at Amherst College[10], Deerfield Academy[11], and Yale University[12].

What awards did Carl Woese receive?

Honors received include MacArthur Fellows Program[14], Leeuwenhoek Medal[15], National Medal of Science[16], and Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology[17].

Who did Carl Woese influence?

Carl Woese has been cited as an influence by Norman R. Pace[39].

What did Carl Woese discover?

Carl Woese is credited as discoverer of Archaea[45].

Related Entities

microbiology United States University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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