Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
Year: | 1902 |
Number: | 23 - 0 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Robert Koch |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1843 |
Year, Death: | 1910 |
Profession: | prof |
University: | Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases |
City: | Berlin |
Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 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: |
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Name: | R M Krönlein |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | prof surgery |
University: | University of Zurich |
City: | Zurich |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Comments: | 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". |
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