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Lev Zilber | |
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| Born | March 27, 1894 |
| Died | November 10, 1966 (aged 72) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Alma mater | First Moscow State Medical University |
| Known for | researcher and discoverer of tick-borne encephalitis; one of the creators of the theory of the viral nature of cancer |
| Spouse | Zinaida Yermolyeva Valeria Kiseleva |
| Children | Lev Kiselev Fedor Kiselev |
| Awards | Order of Lenin,
Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Merit to Science and Humanity" of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Medal of the Czechoslovak Medical Society named after Jan Purkyně |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | USSR Academy of Medical Sciences |
| Notable students | Shubladze, Antonina |
Lev Aleksandrovich Zilber (Russian: Лев Александрович Зильбер; March 27 [O.S. March 15], 1894 – November 10, 1966) was a Soviet micro-biologist, virologist, and immunologist; academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (AMN SSSR; 1945), founder of the Soviet school of virology. The elder brother of the writer Veniamin Kaverin.