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Hilary Koprowski

1916 - 2013

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Hilary Koprowski (5 December 1916 – 11 April 2013) was a Polish virologist and immunologist active in the United States who demonstrated the world's first effective live polio vaccine. He authored or co-authored over 875 scientific papers and co-edited several scientific journals. Koprowski received many academic honors and national decorations, including the Belgian Order of the Lion, the French Order of Merit and Legion of Honour, Finland's Order of the Lion, and the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. Koprowski was the target of accusations in the press related to the "oral polio vaccine AIDS hypothesis", which posited that the AIDS pandemic originated from live polio vaccines developed by Koprowski in the Belgian Congo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hilary Koprowski is the 434th most popular physician (down from 356th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 580th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Physician. Learn more about Hilary Koprowski's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Hilary Koprowski ranks 434 out of 726. Before him are Scipione Riva-Rocci, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Shinobu Ishihara, Adelaida Avagyan, Theodor Meynert, and Zilda Arns. After him are Wilhelm Stekel, Realdo Colombo, Gazi Yaşargil, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Crawford Long, and James Braid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Hilary Koprowski ranks 128. Before him are Vladimir Demikhov, Erik Nilsson, Iosif Shklovsky, Jackie Gleason, Maurice Bavaud, and Dom Mintoff. After him are Dorothy McGuire, Rossano Brazzi, Nilufer Hanımsultan, Zail Singh, Ingrid Vang Nyman, and Jenő Fock. Among people deceased in 2013, Hilary Koprowski ranks 186. Before him are Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Józef Glemp, Viktor Tsybulenko, Lau Kar-leung, Radu Vasile, and Aníbal Paz. After him are Elmore Leonard, Gerrie Mühren, Robert Ressler, Josip Kuže, Emile Griffith, and John Tavener.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hilary Koprowski ranks 673 out of 1,694. Before him are Hermann Boehm (1884), Marcin Bielski (1495), George I, Duke of Pomerania (1493), Eugen Goldstein (1860), Bronisława Wajs (1908), and August Hlond (1881). After him are Heinrich Graetz (1817), Richard Herrmann (1923), Henryk Jabłoński (1909), Henner Henkel (1915), Zeev Sternhell (1935), and Krzysztof Komeda (1931).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Poland

Among physicians born in Poland, Hilary Koprowski ranks 14. Before him are Carl Wernicke (1848), Jan Jesenius (1566), Leon Pinsker (1821), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Robert Remak (1815), and Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855). After him are Wilhelm Fliess (1858), Kazimierz Bein (1872), Zofia Zamenhof (1889), Max Gerson (1881), Adam Zamenhof (1888), and Eugene Lazowski (1913).

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