Moor-Jankowski, J.

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Name (Latin)
Moor-Jankowski, J.
Other forms of name
Jankowski, J. Moor-
Moor-Jankowski, Jan
Date of birth
1924-02-05
Date of death
2005-08-27
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
M.D.
Director, Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates, New York University Medical Center
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 30779166
Wikidata: Q6149543
Library of congress: n 50004178
OCoLC: oca00039767
Sources of Information
  • Conference on Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates, 2d, New York (City), 1969. Medical primatology, 1971.
  • New York times WWW site, Sept. 6, 2005(in obituary published Sept. 3: Jan Moor-Jankowski; b. Feb. 5, 1924, Warsaw; d. Aug. 27, Manhattan, aged 81; scientist known for groundbreaking immunology work with chimpanzees, whose life was defined by many impassioned battles, from fighting Nazis in his native Poland to defending press freedoms to exposing animal abuse)
  • LC database, Sept. 6, 2005(hdg.: Moor-Jankowski, J.)
Wikipedia description:

Jan Moor-Jankowski (February 5, 1924 – August 27, 2005) was a Polish-born American primatologist and a fighter for Polish independence against Nazi Germany. Dr. Moor-Jankowski was Director of the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP) which he founded in 1965, the Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Hematology of Primate Apes, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Primatology. Moor-Jankowski was the author and editor of many books, monographs and periodicals, and more than 200 papers on human genetics, hemophilia, blood groups, immunology and primate medical experimentation.

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