Paul Ehrlich

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Paul Ehrlich was a pioneering German physician and scientist renowned for his work in immunology, hematology, and chemotherapy, and as a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine.


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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
chemist
hematologist
human
immunologist
physician
scientist
academicDegree doctorate in medicine
awardReceived Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh
Copley Medal
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
birthDate 1854-03-14
birthPlace Kingdom of Prussia
Strehlen, Prussian Silesia
burialPlace Frankfurt am Main, Germany
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
deathDate 1915-08-20
deathPlace Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
educatedAt University of Breslau
University of Freiburg NERFINISHED
University of Leipzig NERFINISHED
University of Strasbourg
employer Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Institute for Infectious Diseases, Berlin
Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt
ethnicGroup German Jews
familyName Ehrlich
fieldOfWork bacteriology
chemotherapy
hematology
immunology
serology
givenName Paul
hasChild Marianne Ehrlich
Stefanie Ehrlich
influenced development of modern chemotherapy
development of modern immunology
standardization of biological drugs
knownFor concept of the magic bullet in chemotherapy
development of Salvarsan (arsphenamine) for syphilis treatment
foundational contributions to chemotherapy
side-chain theory of immunity
standardization of antitoxins
work on hematological staining techniques
name Paul Ehrlich
NobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine
NobelPrizeYear 1908
positionHeld director of the Georg Speyer House for Chemotherapy Research
director of the Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy in Frankfurt
religion Judaism
sharedNobelPrizeWith Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov
spouse Hedwig Pinkus


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