Florence B. Seibert
Florence Barbara Seibert was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, purified protein derivative (PPD), enabling the development and use of a reliable TB test. Seibert has been inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame and the National Women's Hall of Fame.
6 October 1897
Born on the same birth day (6 October): Britt Ekland • Ferenc Nádasdy • Flobots • Han Sun-hwa • Josh Archibald • Matthew Sweet • Miltos Manetas • Peg O'Connor • Pizzi (Portuguese footballer) • Richard Jobson (television presenter) • Sarah Crosby • Takis Gonias • Walter Ray Williams Jr. • Wes Durston
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