Robert Koch
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Robert Koch
Science
1200-1400
1400-1600
1600-1800
1800+
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a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases, he is regarded as one of the main founders of modern bacteriology.
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in medicine (1905)
"for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis"
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Born
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch 11 December 1843 Clausthal, Kingdom of Hanover, German Confederation
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Died
27 May 1910 (aged 66) Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
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Nationality
German
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Known for
Bacterial culture method Koch's postulates Germ theory Discovery of anthrax bacillus Discovery of tuberculosis bacillus Discovery of cholera bacillus
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Fields
Microbiology
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Alma mater
University of Göttingen
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Awards
ForMemRS (1897) Nobel Prize in Medicine (1905)
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Institutions
Imperial Health Office, Berlin University of Berlin
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Germany
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Doctoral advisor
Georg Meissner
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era
1800+
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Influenced
Friedrich Loeffler
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Other academic advisors
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle Karl Ewald Hasse Rudolf Virchow