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Andrew J. Moyer (November 30, 1899 – February 17, 1959) was an American
microbiologist A microbiologist (from Ancient Greek, Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of Microorganism, microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, f ...
. He was a researcher at the USDA Northern Regional Research Laboratory in
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. His group was responsible for the development of techniques for the mass production of
penicillin Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from ''Penicillium'' moulds, principally '' P. chrysogenum'' and '' P. rubens''. Most penicillins in clinical use are synthesised by P. chrysogenum using ...
. This led to the wide scale use of penicillin in
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. Moyer was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1987. A scholarship fund was created in his name at the
University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
in 1977.


Early life and education

Moyer was born in Star City, Indiana. He graduated from Wabash College with an A.B. in 1922,
North Dakota Agricultural College North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as th ...
with an M.S. in 1925, University of Maryland with a Ph.D. in 1929.


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1899 births 1959 deaths American microbiologists Wabash College alumni North Dakota State University University of Maryland, College Park alumni 20th-century American inventors {{US-biologist-stub