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US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Selman Waksman (835 words) |
 | Selman Abraham Waksman (22 July 1888 – 16 August 1973) was an Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition lead to the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics. |
| Selman Waksman was born on 22 July 1888 to Jewish parents in Pryluky, a peasant village near Kiev in the Ukraine. |
| Selman Waksman died on 16 August 1973 and was interred at the Crowell Cemetery in Woods Hole, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. |
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