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| Gerhard Domagk | |
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| Born | Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk 30 October 1895 Lagow, Brandenburg (now Poland) |
| Died | 24 April 1964 (aged 68) Burgberg |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Bacteriology |
| Alma mater | University of Kiel |
| Known for | Development of sulfonamides [1] such as Prontosil |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Medicine (1939) Fellow of the Royal Society (1959) |
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (October 30 1895 — April 24 1964) was a German doctor.[2] He won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discovering the antibacterial effect of protonsil.[3]
References
- ↑ Otten, H. (1986). "Domagk and the development of the sulphonamides". The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 17 (6): 689–696. . .
- ↑ "Biography of Gerhard Domagk". The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1939/domagk-bio.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939" (in English). The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1939/index.html. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
