H.J. Muller

1890 - 1967

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Texas at Austin, Morris High School

occupation: biologist, geneticist, university teacher, biophysicist, physician

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Humanist of the Year, Kimber Genetics Award, Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship, Darwin–Wallace Medal, Foreign Member of the Royal Society

student of: Thomas Hunt Morgan

influenced by: John Thomas Patterson

Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, "for the discovery that mutations can be induced by X-rays". Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices. Source: Wikipedia (en)