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John Enders insisted on sharing the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology with Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbins for their work on the isolation of poliovirus.
Historical account of John Enders sharing his 1954 Nobel Prize for the isolation of poliovirus with his colleagues.
When John Enders was informed, 50 years ago this month, that he was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for 1954, he declined the honor. He wrote to the Swedish authorities that he would accept the prize only if it could be shared with “those who did the work.” It was agreed that Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbins would be corecipients with Enders. This act, one of the most gracious in the history of the Nobel Prize, reveals the profound decency and modesty of John Enders.John Franklin Enders was a Connecticut Yankee, born into . . .
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Fred S. Rosen (2004) conducted an editorial in Poliovirus. John Enders insisted on sharing the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology with Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbins for their work on the isolation of poliovirus.
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