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Ernest Edward Tyzzer | |
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| Born | August 30, 1875 |
| Died | January 23, 1965 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Brown University, Harvard Medical School |
| Known for | Tyzzer’s diseaseVaricella zoster |
| Awards | Bronze Medal of the American Cancer Society in 1952 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | parasitology |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School |
Ernest Edward Tyzzer[edit]
““Ernest Edward Tyzzer”” (August 30, 1875 – January 23, 1965) was an American parasitologist and president of the American Association for Cancer Research (1912-1913), he was the first to describe the intranuclear inclusions characteristically induced by the varicella zoster virus, and gave his name to Tyzzer's disease.
Early life[edit]
His parents were George Roberts Tyzzer and Matilda Jane Edwards Tyzzer who migrated to America in the mid-1840s from Cornwall in England. E. Tyzzer was the youngest in a family of five. He went to Brown University, where he was educated and inspired by professor Hermon Carey Bumpus.