Hermann Joseph Muller

Hermann Joseph Muller ForMemRS
Muller in 1952
Born	(1890-12-21)December 21, 1890 New York City, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1967(1967-04-05) (aged 76) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University
Known for	The genetic effects of radiation
Spouses	Jessie Marie Jacobs (m. 1923) Dorothea Kantorowicz (m. 1939)
Children	2, including David E. Muller
Relatives	Mala Htun (granddaughter)
Awards	1927 Newcomb Cleveland Prize 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Linnean Society of London's Darwin–Wallace Medal (1958) Foreign Member of the Royal Society[1] 1963 Humanist of the Year (American Humanist Association)
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics, molecular biology
Doctoral advisor	Thomas Hunt Morgan
Doctoral students	Charlotte Auerbach H. Bentley Glass Clarence Paul Oliver Elof Axel Carlson Wilson Stone Guido Pontecorvo

Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, "for the discovery that mutations can be induced by X-rays".^[2] Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices.