If Francoise Gilot considers herself a handmaiden of fate, as biographers say, then destiny showed her its own hand particularly early on. And if Gilot has found a degree of double-edged fame because of her relationships--first with Picasso, and now as the wife of Dr. Jonas Salk--her fir...
Jonas Salk. Writer: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. Jonas Salk was born on 28 October 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2019), Louis Kahn: Silence and Light (1996) and The Levin Int
1952. In one of the largest medical tests in history, nearly 2 million young “polio pioneers” were injected with the vaccine over the next two years. In 1953, Salk tested the still-experimental vaccine on himself and his wife and sons. ...
In 1970, he married artist Francoise Gilot, who had previously been romantically involved with Pablo Picasso. QUICK FACTS Birth Year: 1914 Birth date: October 28, 1914 Birth State: New York Birth City: New York Birth Country: United States Gender: Male Best Known For: Jonas Salk was an ...