The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1920
Awarded on: 1920-10-28
"for his discoveries relating to immunity"
Affiliations:
- Brussels University – Brussels, Belgium
Jules Bordet
Born: 1870-06-13 in Soignies, Belgium
Gender: male
Field: Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel prize in medicine 1919
Biography
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.