Robert Koch

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2. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (it. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch; December 11, 1843, Clausthal - Zellerfeld - may 27, 1910,

3. Robert Koch was born on December 11, 1843 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, in the family Herman and Matilda Henrietta Koch. Was the

4. In 1862 Koh graduated from high school and then arrives at the famous scientific traditions of the Gottingen University. There

5. In 1866 Robert finished her studies in the University and receive a diploma. From this time he starts working in various

6. In 1870 begins the Franco-Prussian war, and work Koch in the hospital is interrupted. Koh voluntarily becomes a doctor field

7. In 1871 Koch was demobilized. On dvadtsatisemiletny wife presented him with a microscope, and since then Robert whole days

8. In 1881 Koch publishes the work "Methods of study of pathogenic organisms" ("Methods for the Study of Pathogenic Organisms"),

9. TUBERCULOSIS. Later Koch attempts to find the cause of tuberculosis, the disease at the time of widespread and is the primary

10. In 1885 Koch became a Professor at the University of Berlin and Director of the newly created Institute of hygiene. At the same

11. AWARDS.

In 1905, for "research and
discoveries concerning the
treatment of tuberculosis",
Robert Koch awarded the
Nobel prize in physiology
or medicine. In his Nobel
lecture laureate said that if
we look back at the path,
"which has been passed in
recent years in the fight
against such widespread
diseases as tuberculosis,
we cannot fail to admit
that there were taken the
first important steps.