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Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( English: / kɒx / KOKH, [1] [2] German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɔx] ⓘ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax, he is regarded as one of the main founders ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Robert Koch was a German physician and one of the founders of bacteriology. He discovered the anthrax disease cycle (1876) and the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis (1882) and cholera (1883). For his discoveries in regard to tuberculosis, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
Robert Koch Biographical . R obert Koch was born on December 11, 1843, at Clausthal in the Upper Harz Mountains. The son of a mining engineer, he astounded his parents at the age of five by telling them that he had, with the aid of the newspapers, taught himself to read, a feat which foreshadowed the intelligence and methodical persistence which were to be so characteristic of him in later life.
Dr Robert Koch was a pivotal figure in the golden age of microbiology. It was the German bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes anthrax, septicaemia, tuberculosis and cholera, and ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Physician Robert Koch is best known for isolating the tuberculosis bacterium, the cause of numerous deaths in the mid-19th century. He won the Nobel Prize in 1905 for his work. He is considered ...
Robert Koch, 1843-1910. Robert Koch was one of the most important and influential bacteriologists in history. He is credited with developing many innovative and fundamental laboratory techniques—some of which are still used today—and proving that microorganisms cause anthrax, cholera, and tuberculosis. His work was essential in proving the ...
Jan 27, 2014 · Born Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, in 1843, this Prussian physician’s abbreviated name ‘Robert Koch’ became a byword in infectious diseases practice, for having identified the bacillary aetiology of TB, the 19 th century scourge. 4 The enormous public health impact of this discovery on a disease that, at the time, claimed the lives of ...
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