Microbiologist
Salvador Luria
Italian American microbiologist and Nobel laureate.
Salvador Edward Luria was an Italian microbiologist, later a naturalized U.S. citizen. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969, with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey, for their discoveries on the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses. Salvador Luria also showed that bacterial resistance to viruses (phages) is genetically inherited.
- Born
- 1912-08-13, Turin, ItalyA Tuesday
- Died
- 1991-02-06, Lexington, USAA Wednesday, aged 78
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1912-08-13, Turin, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
Europe/RomeThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 20°17′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 29°13′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 5°30′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Virgo | 0°53′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 17°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 5°43′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 3°05′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 0°42′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 24°31′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 29°39′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1991-02-06, Lexington, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 17°24′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 18°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 1°11′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 10°35′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 4°45′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 7°26′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 29°59′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 11°49′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 15°27′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 20°18′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Salvador Luria was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.