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

Year:	1901
Number:	31-0
Nominee 1:
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 »
Nominee 2:
Name:	Emil A von Behring
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1854
Year, death:	1917
Profession/Category:	prof hygiene
University:	Marburg
City:	Marburg
Country:	DE (GERMANY)
Received prize:	med 1901 »
Nominee 3:
Name:	Paul Ehrlich
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1854
Year, death:	1915
Profession/Category:	prof
University:	Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für experimentelle Therapie (now Max Planck Institute)
City:	Frankfurt am Main
Country:	DE (GERMANY)
Received prize:	med 1908 »
Motivation:	R. Koch: His entire career in bacteriology. P. Ehrlich: Work on immunity, especially his work on the toxins ricin and abrin; work on diphtheria; studies of blood cells. E. von Behring: Discovery of serum therapy against diphtheria.
Nominator:
Name:	Th. Langhans
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	prof pathological anatomy
City:	Bern
Country:	CH (SWITZERLAND)
Evaluation:	Yes
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Ernst Almquist
Gender:	M
Type:	Nominee 2: Full
Comment:	A supplement to the evaluation was made by Carl Sundberg. Evaluation included E. Roux. Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für experimentelle Therapie (now Max Planck Institute): Alternative name possibly Königliches Institut für experimentelle Therapie (Institute for experimental therapy). University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten", the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut".