Koch

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Koch is a German surname most famously associated with Robert Koch, the pioneering microbiologist who discovered the causative agents of tuberculosis and cholera.

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Robert Koch 21 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German-language surname
bacteriologist
family name
human
microbiologist
physician
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
surface form: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
dateOfBirth 1843-12-11
dateOfDeath 1910-05-27
derivedFromOccupation cook
educatedAt University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork infectious diseases
microbiology
hasNotableBearer Robert Koch
Robert Koch
surface form: Robert Koch (microbiologist)
influenced development of modern bacteriology
germ theory of disease
knownFor Koch's postulates
identification of the causative agent of cholera
identification of the causative agent of tuberculosis
languageOfOrigin German
meaning cook
notableWork discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
discovery of Vibrio cholerae
placeOfBirth Clausthal
placeOfDeath Baden-Baden
usedInCountry Austria
Germany
Switzerland

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