What is Maurice Hilleman?
{{Infobox person |name = Maurice Ralph Hilleman |image = Hilleman-Walter-Reed.jpeg |caption = Hilleman {{circa|1958}}, as chief of the Dept. of Virus Diseases, Walter Reed Army Medical Center |birth_date = August 30, 1919 |birth_place = [[Miles City, Montana]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|4|11|1919|8|30}} |death_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] |death_cause = [[Cancer]] |nationality = [[United States]] |known_for = Developing several important [[vaccine]]s |occupation = [[Microbiologist]], [[Vaccine|vaccinologist]] |spouse = Lorraine Hilleman}} '''Maurice Ralph Hilleman''' (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was an [[Americans|American]] [[microbiologist]]. He specialized in [[vaccinology]]. He developed over 36 [[vaccine]]s, more than any other scientist. Of the 14 vaccines currently recommended, he developed eight: those for [[measles]], [[mumps]], [[hepatitis A]], [[hepatitis B]], [[chickenpox]], [[meningitis]], [[pneumonia]] and ''Haemophilus influenza'' bacteria.<ref name=Offit>{{cite book |author=Offit PA |title=Vaccinated: one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Smithsonian |isbn=0-06-122796-X |year=2007 }}</ref> He also played a role in the discovery of the [[common cold|cold]]-producing [[Adenoviridae|adenoviruses]], the hepatitis viruses, and the [[cancer]]-causing virus [[SV40]]. He is credited with saving more lives than any other medical scientist of the 20th century.<ref name=Maugh>{{cite news |title= Maurice R. Hilleman, 85; Scientist developed many vaccines that saved millions of lives|author=Maugh, Thomas H. II|newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date=2005-04-13|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/13/local/me-hilleman13 |accessdate=2010-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Sullivan P |date=2005-04-13 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48244-2005Apr12.html |title=Maurice R. Hilleman dies; created vaccines |work=Washington Post |accessdate=2009-11-13 }}</ref>