Gerald Edelman

Gerald Maurice Edelman (July 1, 1929 – May 17, 2014) was an American biologist. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Rodney Robert Porter. They won the award for their work on the immune system.^[3] Edelman's Nobel Prize-winning research concerned discovery of the structure of antibody molecules.^[4]

Gerald Edelman
Gerald M. Edelman in 2010
Born	Gerald Maurice Edelman (1929-07-01)July 1, 1929 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	May 17, 2014(2014-05-17) (aged 84)[1] La Jolla, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Ursinus College, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Rockefeller University
Known for	immune system
Spouse	Maxine M. Morrison (m. 1950; 3 children)
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1972[2]
Scientific career
Fields	Immunology; neuroscience

Edelman died from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer in La Jolla, California, aged 84.^[5]