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Nobel Prize

France · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1907–2011Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1907

Alphonse Laveran1907

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on diseases caused by protozoa, including his discovery of the malaria parasite.

1912

Alexis Carrel1912

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on vascular suturing and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs.

1913

Charles Richet1913

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering anaphylaxis and demonstrating how immune responses can produce severe hypersensitivity.

2011

Jules A. Hoffmann2011

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning activation of innate immunity.

Names involved

Alexis CarrelAlphonse LaveranCharles RichetJules A. Hoffmann

Provenance

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