11 moments

1. Birth in Pretoria

   1899-01-30 · Pretoria, South Africa

   Max Theiler was born in Pretoria, then in the South African Republic.

2. Gymnasium studies in Basel

   1912-01-01 · Basel, Switzerland

   Theiler attended a Gymnasium in Basel during 1912–1913, an early period of schooling outside South Africa. The source gives the span 1912–1913; this card is anchored to its first supported year. Coordinates represent Basel because the school building is not identified.

3. Medical studies in Cape Town

   1916-01-01 · Cape Town, South Africa

   Theiler began medical studies in Cape Town, where his documented course of study ran from 1916 to 1918. The source gives the span 1916–1918; this card is anchored to its first supported year. Coordinates represent Cape Town rather than an unidentified teaching site.

4. Harvard tropical-medicine appointment

   1922-01-01 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

   In the same year as his London diploma, Theiler became a researcher and lecturer in tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School. The source calls the location Boston, while the English Wikipedia biography describes the Harvard post as in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Coordinates represent Cambridge at city level.

5. Tropical-medicine diploma in London

   1922-01-01 · London, England, United Kingdom

   After his Cape Town studies, Theiler was in London for medical and tropical-medicine training; in 1922 he received a diploma in tropical medicine. The source places his subsequent training in London and dates the tropical-medicine diploma to 1922; coordinates represent London because the issuing institution is not specified in the quoted passage.

6. Rockefeller yellow-fever laboratory recruitment

   1930-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

   The Rockefeller Foundation hired Theiler from Harvard to lead vaccine-development work at its International Health Division yellow-fever laboratory in New York. Coordinates represent New York City because the laboratory street address is not supplied in the source.

7. 17D vaccine work in New York

   1936-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

   At the New York yellow-fever laboratory, Theiler's six-year effort to isolate a safer strain culminated in the successful 17D vaccine. The source describes a six-year interval beginning in 1930 and identifies 1936 as the year its first test subject was inoculated; coordinates represent New York City.

8. Rockefeller Foundation service in New York

   1945-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

   

   Theiler's Rockefeller Foundation appointment in New York spanned 1930–1963, placing him there during the mid-1940s after the 17D vaccine's development. The date is a year within the explicitly stated 1930–1963 New York appointment, rather than a separately dated appearance. Coordinates represent New York City.

9. Nobel lecture in Stockholm

   1951-12-11 · Stockholm, Sweden

   

   As a 1951 Nobel Prize winner, Theiler delivered his formal lecture in Stockholm, reviewing discoveries behind yellow-fever vaccination. Coordinates represent Stockholm at city level; the lecture venue is not identified in the cited passage.

10. Yale professorship in New Haven

    1964-01-01 · New Haven, Connecticut, United States

    After his Rockefeller career, Theiler became professor of epidemiology and microbiology at Yale University in New Haven, a post he held through 1967. The source gives the span 1964–1967; this card is anchored to its first supported year. Coordinates represent New Haven at city level.

11. Death in New Haven

    1972-08-11 · New Haven, Connecticut, United States

    Theiler died in New Haven, Connecticut, at age 73. Coordinates represent New Haven because the specific place of death is not identified.