Albert Coons

Albert Hewett Coons
BornJune 28, 1912 (1912-06-28)
DiedSeptember 30, 1978(1978-09-30) (aged 66)
EducationWilliams College (BS)
Harvard Medical School (M.D.)
AwardsLasker Award (1959)
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1961)
Gairdner Foundation International Award (1962)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysician, internist, educator, author, immunologist, pathologist
WorkplacesHarvard University

Albert Hewett Coons (June 28, 1912 – September 30, 1978) was an American physician, pathologist, and immunologist. He was the first person to conceptualize and develop immunofluorescent techniques for labeling antibodies in the early 1940s.