Alexandre Yersin

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bacteriologist explorer human physician scientist

Alexandre Yersin was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist best known for identifying the plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis) and contributing significantly to infectious disease research in the late 19th century.

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Alexandre Yersin canonical 8
Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bacteriologist ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
burialPlace Suoi Dau, near Nha Trang, Vietnam ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1863-09-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1943-03-01 ⓘ
developed anti-plague serum ⓘ
discovered Yersinia pestis ⓘ
plague bacillus ⓘ
discoveryDate 1894 ⓘ
discoveryLocation Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong
educatedAt University of Lausanne ⓘ
University of Marburg ⓘ
La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris
employer French shipping company Messageries Maritimes ⓘ
surface form: Messageries Maritimes

Institut Pasteur ⓘ
surface form: Pasteur Institute

Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang ⓘ
eponymOf Yersinia ⓘ
surface form: Yersinia (bacterial genus)

Yersinia pestis ⓘ
familyName Yersin ⓘ
fieldOfWork bacteriology ⓘ
infectious disease ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
fullName Alexandre Yersin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin
givenName Alexandre ⓘ
hasNationality French ⓘ
Swiss ⓘ
knownFor discovery of the plague bacillus ⓘ
isolation of Yersinia pestis ⓘ
notableAchievement helped establish Pasteur Institute network in Indochina ⓘ
pioneered medical research in French Indochina ⓘ
occupation agronomist ⓘ
bacteriologist ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
researcher ⓘ
participatedIn investigation of the 1894 Hong Kong plague epidemic ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aubonne, Vaud, Switzerland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nha Trang, Annam, French Indochina ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Nha Trang ⓘ
surface form: Nha Trang, Vietnam
studiedUnder Louis Pasteur ⓘ
Émile Roux ⓘ
workLocation Nha Trang, Annam, French Indochina ⓘ
surface form: Nha Trang, French Indochina

Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shibasaburo Kitasato → coDiscoveredWith → Alexandre Yersin ⓘ
Yersinia pestis → discoveredBy → Alexandre Yersin ⓘ
Third Plague Pandemic → keyScientist → Alexandre Yersin ⓘ
Émile Roux → collaboratedWith → Alexandre Yersin ⓘ
Kitasato → coDiscovererWith → Alexandre Yersin ⓘ
subject surface form: Shibasaburo Kitasato
Alexandre Yersin → fullName → Alexandre Yersin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin
Yersinia → namedAfter → Alexandre Yersin ⓘ
Yersinia → discoveredBy → Alexandre Yersin ⓘ
Yersiniaceae → namedAfter → Alexandre Yersin ⓘ