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William C. Campbell's Birth Card: The 2 of Clubs

2015 Physiology or Medicine

Born June 28, 1930

The Collaborative Builder

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In the record

William Cecil Campbell (born 28 June 1930) is an Irish and American microbiologist known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The birth-card coordinate for June 28 is the 2 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2015 Physiology or Medicine prize.

Nobel Prize record

2015 — The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

“for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites”

Prize motivation, NobelPrize.org

Shared with Satoshi Ōmura (3♦), Tu Youyou (A♥). The award was divided; this laureate's listed portion is 1/4.

226 other Physiology or Medicine laureates in this set carry a birth-card coordinate.

The 2 of Clubs coordinate

William C. Campbell's birthday maps to the 2 of Clubs (The Collaborative Builder). 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 William C. Campbell. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You think with someone else and still leave the conversation with a position of your own.

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William C. Campbell in the public record

He helped to discover a class of drugs called avermectins, whose derivatives have been shown to have "extraordinary efficacy" in treating River blindness and Lymphatic filariasis, among other parasitic diseases affecting animals and humans. Campbell worked at the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research 1957–1990, and has become a research fellow emeritus at Drew University. Campbell was born in Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1930, the third son of R. J. Campbell, a farm supplier. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin with James Desmond Smyth, graduating in 1952 with first class honours in Zoology. He then attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison on a Fulbright Scholarship, earning his PhD degree in 1957 for work on the liver fluke, a parasite affecting sheep. From 1957 to 1990 Campbell worked at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research, and from 1984 to 1990 he was a Senior Scientist and Director with Assay Research and Development.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article William C. Campbell (scientist) (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Clubs

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Cards in William C. Campbell's fixed path

Birth card and karma

Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)

Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread

Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.

You think best with someone else in the room, and you still leave with a position of your own. You think best with others. Ideas solidify when you talk them through. You're the debater, the collaborator, the one who makes partnerships work through communication.

2♣ — Birth Card, from the published 2 of Clubs meaning

Campbell is best known for his work on parasitic diseases.

Paired on shared wording: best, work.

Also on the record

  1. He became a US citizen in 1964.
  2. One of his discoveries while at Merck was the fungicide thiabendazole, used to treat potato blight, historically a scourge of Ireland.
  3. Thiabendazole is also used to treat trichinosis in humans.
  4. Campbell is best known for his work on parasitic diseases.

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FAQ

What is William C. Campbell's birth card?
The 2 of Clubs. June 28 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?
No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.
Where do William C. Campbell's dates come from?
Birth date 1930-06-28 is the Nobel Prize API v2.1 day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Nobel dates and Nobel↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Sources: Nobel Prize API v2.1 (laureate 916) + Wikidata CC0 (Q21061212) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (William C. Campbell (scientist)). Birth date 1930-06-28 is the Nobel day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).