Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1915
Number:37 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name:F A Loeffler
Gender:M
Profession:prof hygiene, director
University:Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases
City:Berlin
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Motivation:The discovery of the diphtheria bacillus, work on filterable virus, rotz bacillus (with Schütz), staining of bacterial cilia.
 
Nominator:
Name:John M Forssman
Gender:M
Profession:prof
University:Lund University
City:Lund
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Comments: University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten", the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut".