The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1953
| Year: | 1901 | |
| Number: | 44-0 | |
| Nominee 1: | ||
| Name: | Niels R Finsen | |
| Gender: | M | |
| Year, birth: | 1860 | |
| Year, death: | 1904 | |
| Profession/Category: | prof | |
| University: | Finsen Medical Light Institute | |
| City: | Copenhagen | |
| Country: | DK (DENMARK) | |
| Received prize: | med 1903 » | |
| Nominee 2: | ||
| 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: | N. Finsen: Therapeutic use of concentrated light (phototherapy).
R. Koch: Work on malaria. Koch´s work will allow for the development of tropical regions. |
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| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Coler | |
| Profession/Category: | Army Medical Corps (Kgl. Preussischer Gerneralstabsarzt der Armee) | |
| City: | Berlin | |
| Country: | DE (GERMANY) | |
| Evaluation: | Yes | |
| Evaluator 1: | ||
| Name: | Salomon E Henschen | |
| Gender: | M | |
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| Comment: | 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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