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Georg Theodor August Gaffky (17 February 1850 – 23 September 1918) was a Hanover -born bacteriologist best known for identifying bacillus salmonella typhi as the cause of typhoid disease in 1884.
Jan 25, 2017 · Georg Theodor August Gaffky (1850-1918) was a bacteriologist best known for his 1884 discovery of the bacillus responsible for typhoid. Trained as a physician at Berlin's Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet, Gaffky went on to work as an assistant to Robert Koch in the latter's Berlin laboratory.
Gaffky, Georg Theodor August (b. Hannover, Germany, 17 February 1850; d. Hannover, 23 September 1918) bacteriology, public health. Gaffky was the son of Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Gaffky, a shipping agent, and Emma Wilhelmine Mathilde Schumacher. After attending a Gymnasium in Hannover, he studied medicine at the University of Berlin.
Georg Theodor August Gaffky (17 February 1850 – 23 September 1918) was a Hanover-born bacteriologist best known for identifying bacillus salmonella typhi as the cause of typhoid disease in 1884. Early life and career
Georg Theodor August Gaffky (17 February 1850 – 23 September 1918) was a Hanover born bacteriologist best known for identifying bacillus salmonella typhi as the cause of typhoid disease in 1884. Early life and career. Gaffky's parents were the shipping agent Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Gaffky, and Emma Schumacher.
biologist educator scientist bacteriologist. Georg Theodor August Gaffky was a German biologist and bacteriologist. He was a professor of hygiene at the University of Giessen, Germany. Background. Georg Gaffky was born on February 17, 1850, in Hanover, Germany.
Biography of Georg Theodor August Gaffky. Georg Theodor August Gaffky was the first to obtain a pure culture of the typhoid bacillus, and in 1884 established that it is the causative agent of typhus. Gaffky was the son of Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Gaffky, a shipping agent, and Emma Wilhelmine Mathilde Schumacher.
