The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905
Awarded on: 1905-10-12
"for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis"
Affiliations:
- Institute for Infectious Diseases – Berlin, Germany
Robert Koch
Born: 1843-12-11 in Clausthal (now Clausthal-Zellerfeld), Germany
Gender: male
Field: German physician and bacteriologist (1843–1910)
Biography
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician and microbiologist. He won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis".