| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Number: | 44 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Niels R Finsen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1860 |
| Year, Death: | 1904 |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | Finsen Medical Light Institute |
| City: | Copenhagen |
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1903 |
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Nominee 2:
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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 |
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| 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: | Army Medical Corps (Kgl. Preussischer Gerneralstabsarzt der Armee) |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
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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