Background
Briggs, Robert William was born on December 10, 1911 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robin John and Bridget (McGonigle) Briggs.
Briggs, Robert William was born on December 10, 1911 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robin John and Bridget (McGonigle) Briggs.
Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1938.
The same technique, using somatic cells, was later used to create Dolly the Sheep. Their experiment was the first successful nuclear transplantation performed in metazoans. He was a scientist of the American Institute for Cancer Research when the work was conducted.
Inspired by a high school science teacher, Briggs became interested in the biological sciences.
However, he began Boston University in the business school, concerned with earning a living during the depression. Business courses couldn’t maintain his interest and he turned to the sciences.
He graduated from Boston University in 1934 with a Bachelor of Science degree and enrolled at Harvard for graduate study. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1938 while studying metabolism in frog embryos.
Foreign four years, he served as a fellow in the Department of Zoology at McGill University where he studied tumors in frogs.
In 1942, he joined the Lankenau Hospital Research Institute (now the Fox Chase Cancer Center) in Philadelphia. He worked on amphibian embryos for the rest of his life.
Member American Society Naturalists, Genetics Society American, American Society Zoologists, National Academy Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society Study Development and Growth.
Married Janet Elizabeth Bloch, September 27, 1940 (divorced 1980). Married Françoise Bacher Teviotdale, 1980. Children: Evan William, Alexander Bloch, Meredith.