August von Wassermann
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German bacteriologist (1866-1925)
Key facts
- Born
- August Paul von Wassermann , ( 1866-02-21 ) 21 February 1866, Bamberg , Upper Franconia , Kingdom of Bavaria
- Died
- 16 March 1925 (1925-03-16) (aged 59), Berlin , Germany
- Occupations
- Bacteriologist , hygienist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Empire
- Place of birth
- Bamberg
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Strasbourg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Paul Ehrlich
- Student of
- Robert Koch
- Field of work
- immunology
- Military rank
- brigadier general
- Image
- August Wassermann.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1866-02-21
- date of death
- 1925-03-16
- name in native language
- August von Wassermann
- Commons category
- August von Wassermann
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- birth name
- August Paul von Wassermann
- writing language
- German
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Encyclopedic overview
August Paul von Wassermann (21 February 1866 – 16 March 1925) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist.
Born in Bamberg, with Jewish origins, he studied at several universities throughout Germany, receiving his medical doctorate in 1888 from the University of Strassburg. In 1890 he began work under Robert Koch at the Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin. In 1906 he became director of the division for experimental therapy and serum research at the institute, followed by a directorship of the department of experimental therapy at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft for the Advancement of Science in Berlin-Dahlem (1913).
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