John Franklin Enders - West Hartford, CT
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 41° 45.847 W 072° 45.343
18T E 686556 N 4626021
The grave of John Franklin Enders, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1954, is locate in Fairview Cemetery in West Hartford, CT.
Waymark Code: WM15G61
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Weathervane
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The grave of John Franklin Enders is marked by a simple, granite, horizontal, ground level marker which is inscribed:

JOHN FRANKLIN ENDERS
NOBEL LAURATE 1954
FEB. 10, 1897 SEPT. 8, 1985

THEN ALL ON EARTH THAT DEATH HAS LEFT BEHIND
WILL BE THE MERRY PART OF ME WITHIN YOUR MIND

HANS ZINSSER

Description:

John Franklin Enders shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine the discovery of the ability to grow the of poliomyelitis viruses in various types of tissue cultures. This discovery was essential for the later development of the vaccines by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin that virtually eliminated polio.

John Franklin Enders was born in West Hartford, Connecticut on February 10, 1897. He was born in West Hartford, CT on February 10, 1897. He joined the United States Army Air Corps during World War I as a flight instructor and a lieutenant. Upon discharge he attended Yale University and obtained a a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1930 and then became a member of the faculty at Children's Hospital in Boston.

In 1949, John Enders and his colleagues Thomas Huckle Weller, and Frederick Chapman Robbins isolated the poliomyelitis from tissue cultures. A discovery for which they later were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. In 1954, Enders began research to develop a measles vaccine. An effective measles vaccine was announced in 1961.



Date of birth: 02/10/1897

Date of death: 09/08/1985

Area of notoriety: Medicine

Marker Type: Horizontal Marker

Setting: Outdoor

Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight Hours

Fee required?: No

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