The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930
Awarded on: 1930-10-30
"for his discovery of human blood groups"
Affiliations:
- Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research – New York, NY, USA
Karl Landsteiner
Born: 1868-06-14 in Vienna, Austrian Empire (now Austria)
Gender: male
Field: Austrian immunologist (1868–1943)
Biography
Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with his family to New York in 1923 at the age of 55 for professional opportunities, working for the Rockefeller Institute.