McCulloch, Ernest Armstrong
Grave marker

Dr. Ernest Armstrong McCulloch

Born: April 27, 1926, Toronto, Ontario

Died: January 20, 2011, Toronto, Ontario

Cause of death: Unknown

Buried at: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Burial plot: Plot Plot X, Lot 53

Accolades: Order of Canada

Occupation: Biologist

Order of Canada

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Ernest Armstrong McCulloch was a cellular biologist, co-discoverer of the existence of stem cells. Born in Toronto, Ontario April 27, 1926; died there January 20, 2011. McCulloch was educated at the University of Toronto.

He is interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

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