Robert Koch
11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910
Robert Koch was a German physician and microbiologist who was one of the principal founders of modern bacteriology. He identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, and developed criteria, known as Koch's postulates, for establishing that a microorganism causes a disease.
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Life events
Robert Koch was born in a mining town in the Harz mountains.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe earned his medical degree, studying under the anatomist Jacob Henle.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe demonstrated that the bacterium Bacillus anthracis caused anthrax, proving that a specific microorganism could cause a specific disease.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe announced his identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the cause of tuberculosis.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDuring an expedition to Egypt and India, he isolated Vibrio cholerae as the cause of cholera.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became head of the newly founded institute in Berlin dedicated to the study of infectious diseases.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the Nobel Prize for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRobert Koch died of a heart attack at the age of 66.
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