Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1905
Number:109 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Ernst Abbe
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1840
Year, Death:1905
Profession:prof honor
University:University of Jena
City:Jena
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Robert Koch
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1843
Year, Death:1910
Profession:prof
University:Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases
City:Berlin
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905
 
Motivation:Abbe: Work on the perfection of the microscope and work on social hygiene. Koch: No motivation.
 
Nominator:
Name:B Riedel
Profession:prof
University:University of Jena
City:Jena
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Candidate deceased June 14, 1905, and therefore not eligible for the prize. University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten", the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut".