The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1953

Year:	1902
Number:	23-0
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:	Koch´s discoveries have had an enormous impact on medicine and biology, especially in the areas of hygiene and infectious disease. Without this work, Behring´s discoveries would not have been possible.
Nominator:
Name:	R W Krönlein
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof surgery
University:	Zurich
City:	Zurich
Country:	CH (SWITZERLAND)
Evaluation:	Yes
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Carl Sundberg
Gender:	M
Type:	Nominee 1: Full
Comment:	Evaluation was made jointly by Carl Sundberg and Ernst Almquist, and included R. Ross and B. Grassi as well as R. Koch. University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten", the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut".