What is Albert Sabin?
{{Infobox scientist |birth_name = Albert Saperstein |image = Albert Sabin.jpg |image_size = 150px |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1906|08|26}} |birth_place = [[Białystok]], [[Russian Empire]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1993|03|3|1906|08|26}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]] |residence = |death_cause = Heart Failure |citizenship = [[Poland]], [[United States]] |field = [[immunology]], [[virology]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = [[New York University]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = oral [[polio vaccine]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = [[#Honors|''see article'']] |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Albert Bruce Sabin''' (August 26, 1906 &ndash; March 3, 1993) was a [[Poland|Polish-born]] [[United States|American]] medical researcher best known for having developed an oral [[polio vaccine]]. He received many awards and honors including the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. ==Early life== Sabin was born '''Albert Saperstein''' on August 26, 1906 in [[Białystok]], [[Russian Empire]] (now [[Poland]]). He was of [[Jewish]] descent.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0826.html New York Times]</ref> He was raised in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], [[New Jersey]]. He became a naturalized [[Citizenship|citizen]] of the [[United States]] in 1930 and changed his last name to Sabin. Sabin studied at [[Paterson High School]] and at [[New York University]]. ===Marriages=== He was married to Sylvia Tregillus from 1935 until her death in 1966. Then he was married to Jane Warner from 1967 until they divorced in 1971. Then he was married to Heloisa Dunshee de Abranches from 1972 until his death in 1993. He had two daughters with Tregillus. ==Death== Sabin died on March 3, 1993 i