| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1902 |
| Number: | 46 - 0 |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | O Haab |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof ophthalmology |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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| 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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