Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1904
Number:28 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Robert Koch
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1843
Year, Death:1910
Profession:prof
University:Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases
City:Berlin
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905
 
Motivation:Etiology of anthrax, wound infections and tuberculosis; prophylactic measures against cholera and their application to other diseases.
 
Nominator:
Name:Carl Pelman
Gender:M
Profession:prof
University:University of Bonn
City:Bonn
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Nomination of R. Koch made jointly by three professors from Bonn university: C. Binz, C. Pelman and Th. Saemisch (see entries 28-0 and 28-1). University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten", the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut".