Hermann Joseph Muller
American biologist (1890–1967)
Born
Dec 21, 1890 (135)
Birth Place
New York City
Nationality
United States
Died
1967-04-05
About
Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation". Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices.