The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1953
| Year: | 1903 | |
| Number: | 81-0 | |
| Nominee: | ||
| Name: | Robert Koch | |
| Gender: | M | |
| Year, birth: | 1843 | |
| Year, death: | 1910 | |
| Profession/Category: | prof | |
| University: | Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten (Robert Koch Inst. for Infectious Diseases) | |
| City: | Berlin | |
| Country: | DE (GERMANY) | |
| Received prize: | med 1905 » | |
| Motivation: | The many discoveries of his long career; especially prophylactic measures against disease and improvements in hygiene. | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Francis Harbitz | |
| Gender: | M | |
| Profession/Category: | prof | |
| University: | Kristiania (now Oslo) | |
| City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) | |
| Country: | NO (NORWAY) | |
| Evaluation: | Yes | |
| Evaluator 1: | ||
| Name: | Carl Sundberg | |
| Gender: | M | |
| Type: |
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| Comment: | A supplement to the evaluation of R. Koch by Carl Sundberg was made by Ernst Almquist.
University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten", the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut". |
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