George Davis Snell

George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)

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Born: December 19, 1903
Died: June 6, 1996
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Birth year: 1903

About George Davis Snell

George Davis Snell NAS (December 19, 1903 – June 6, 1996) was an American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist. Snell specifically "discovered the genetic factors that determine the possibilities of transplanting tissue from one individual to another. George Snell shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Baruj Benacerraf and Jean Dausset for their discoveries concerning "genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions".

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The world when George Davis Snell was born

George Davis Snell was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

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Measure	1903	2026
Population	80.4M	341 million

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