Ralph M. Steinman's Birth Card: The King of Diamonds

In the record

Ralph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 discovered and named dendritic cells while working as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Zanvil A. The birth-card coordinate for January 14 is the King of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2011 Physiology or Medicine prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 2011 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity

The King of Diamonds coordinate

Ralph M. Steinman's birthday maps to the King of Diamonds (The Wealthy King). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Ralph M. Steinman. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You run the system and you can show your work.

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Ralph M. Steinman in the public record

Cohn, also at Rockefeller University. Steinman was one of the recipients of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Ralph Steinman was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Montreal, one of four children of Irving Steinman (d. 1995), a haberdasher, and Nettie Steinman (born Takefman, 1917–2016). The family soon moved to Sherbrooke, where the father opened and ran a small clothing store, "Mozart's." After graduating from Sherbrooke High School, Steinman moved back to Montreal, where he stayed with his maternal grandparents, Nathan and Eva Takefman. He received a bachelor of science degree from McGill University and received his M.D. (magna cum laude) in 1968 from Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. On October 3, 2011, the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine announced that he had received one half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for "his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity".

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ralph M. Steinman (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 7 of Spades

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Penetrating questions and inquiry

Ralph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 discovered and named dendritic cells while working as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Zanvil A.

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Also on the record

1. The other half went to Bruce Beutler and Jules A.
2. Hoffmann, for "their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity".
3. However, the committee was not aware that he had died three days earlier, on September 30, from pancreatic cancer.
4. This created a complication, since the statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that the prize is not to be awarded posthumously.

Other laureates with this card

• Albert Schweitzer — 1952 Peace
• George P. Smith — 2018 Chemistry
• Hans Bethe — 1967 Physics
• Harry Martinson — 1974 Literature
• Heinrich Wieland — 1927 Chemistry
• Hermann Hesse — 1946 Literature
• John R. Hicks — 1972 Economic Sciences
• Julian Schwinger — 1965 Physics
• Kofi Annan — 2001 Peace
• Melvin Calvin — 1961 Chemistry
• Nadia Murad — 2018 Peace
• Paul C. Lauterbur — 2003 Physiology or Medicine
• 7 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Ralph M. Steinman's birth card?

The King of Diamonds. January 14 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

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Where do Ralph M. Steinman's dates come from?

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