Robert Koch - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1905
photo Robert Koch

Robert Koch

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1905
for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis
Citizenship
German Empire German Empire Kingdom of Hanover Kingdom of Hanover
Languages
German
date of birth
12/11/1843
place of birth
Clausthal
date of death
5/27/1910
place of death
Baden-Baden
Lived
66 years
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 3/4/1897
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 9/7/1888
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1903
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg
  • French Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
employer
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
notable work
  • Koch's postulates
occupation
  • physician
  • photographer
  • inventor
  • chemist
  • biologist
  • university teacher
  • military physician
  • author
  • bacteriologist
doctoral student
  • Kitasato Shibasaburō
  • Emil von Behring
  • August von Wassermann
  • Friedrich Loeffler
educated at
  • University of Göttingen
work location
  • German East Africa
field of work
  • microbiology
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