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Nobel Prize

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

7Records
1901–1984Date range
7Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1901

Emil von Behring1901

Science / Medicine

Receives the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on serum therapy, especially against diphtheria.

1905

Robert Koch1905

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for investigations and discoveries concerning tuberculosis, including identification of its bacterial cause.

1908

Paul Ehrlich1908

Science / Medicine

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine

1910

Albrecht Kossel1910

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on cell chemistry, especially proteins and the substances contained in cell nuclei.

1922

Otto Fritz Meyerhof1922

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the relationship between oxygen consumption and lactic acid metabolism in muscle.

1956

Werner Forssmann1956

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system.

1984

Georges Jean Franz Köhler1984

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.

Names involved

Albrecht KosselEmil von BehringGeorges Jean Franz KöhlerOtto Fritz MeyerhofPaul EhrlichRobert KochWerner Forssmann

Provenance

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