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Rita Levi-Montalcini

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q80061&amp;oldid=2554687220" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine · dated 1986
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q777403&amp;oldid=2564433069" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Washington University in St. Louis
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q826589&amp;oldid=2474232456" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Italian senator for life · from 2001-08-01 · to 2012-12-30
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q499911&amp;oldid=2564428572" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Turin
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q737051&amp;oldid=2555401289" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Medal of Science · dated 1987-06-25

Wikidata describes Rita Levi-Montalcini as Italian neurologist (1909–2012).

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