Age, Biography and Wiki
| Birth Day | September 4, 1906 |
| Birth Place | Germany |
| Age | 114 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Mar 9, 1981 (age 74) |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Net worth: $1.2 Million (2024)
About
Remembered for his work in the field of biophysics, he was a 1969 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the replication process and genetic composition of viruses.
Before Fame
After studying theoretical and astrophysics at the University of Göttingen, he earned a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship to study molecular biology and genetics at the California Institute of Technology.
Trivia
He established the Institute for Molecular Genetics at the University of Cologne.
Family Life
The great-grandson (on his maternal side) of German Chemist Justus von Liebig and the son of Historian Hans Delbrück, he was raised in Berlin, Germany. His brother and two brothers-in-law were executed by the Nazi SS for their role in a 1944 plot to assassinate
Associated With
He shared the 1969 Nobel Prize with two scientific collaborators: Geneticist and bacteriologist Alfred Hershey and microbiologist Salvador Luria.
Some Max Delbruck images
