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George H. Hitchings

George H. Hitchings, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

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Born
April 18, 1905
Died
February 27, 1998
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1905

About George H. Hitchings

George Herbert Hitchings was an American medical doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment", Hitchings specifically for his work on chemotherapy. Hitchings founded the Triangle Community Foundation in 1983. His first wife, Beverly Reimer Hitchings, died in 1985. Hitchings was awarded the Passano award by the Passano Foundation in 1969, and the de Villiers award in 1970. In 1967 Hitchings became vice president in Charge of Research of Burroughs-Wellcome.

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George H. Hitchings timeline

  1. In 1967 Hitchings became vice president in Charge of Research of Burroughs-Wellcome.
  2. Hitchings was awarded the Passano award by the Passano Foundation in 1969, and the de Villiers award in 1970.
  3. Hitchings founded the Triangle Community Foundation in 1983.
  4. His first wife, Beverly Reimer Hitchings, died in 1985.

The world when George H. Hitchings was born

George H. Hitchings was born in 1905. 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 1905

  • Best-selling book"The Marriage of William Ashe" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChristy Mathewson pitches 3 shutouts in the World Series
  • Top headlineEinstein publishes theory of special relativity
  • Technology milestoneEinstein's "miracle year" — E=mc²
  • World population~1.65B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population83.2M

1905 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in George H. Hitchings's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19052026
Population83.2M341 million

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