William S. Tillett
William Smith Tillett was an American internist and microbiologist. He is best known for the discovery of C-reactive protein and the streptokinase. He was also a professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine.Early life
William was born in 1892 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He earned his A. B. from the University of North Carolina in 1913 and later received his M. D. from the Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1917.
William started his academic career on the Johns Hopkins faculty. In 1937, he was designated as professor of bacteitiology at N.Y.U.Awards
