Charles Nicolle

French microbiologist (1866–1936)

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Charles Nicolle was a French microbiologist who lived from 1866 to 1936 and made important contributions to understanding infectious diseases. His work helped advance the field of microbiology and improved knowledge about how diseases spread, making him a significant figure in medical science history.

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Charles Nicolle appears in Vinony's Nobel Prize in Medicine collection — one of 233 entries. It also appears in Nobel Laureates.

Within Vinony's link graph, Charles Nicolle is referenced by 298 other articles, and connects out to Phthiraptera, medicine and Nobel Prize.

It is catalogued under topics including 1866 births, 1936 deaths and Academic staff of the Collège de France.

Its subject is documented across 66 Wikipedia language editions.

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1928
“for his work on typhus”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Henri
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Rouen
Place of death: Tunis
Occupation: botanist
Position held: professor
Educated at: Lycée Pierre-Corneille
Employer: Pasteur Institute
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Field of work: bacteriology
Image: Charles Nicolle at microscope.jpg

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member of: Académie Nationale de Médecine
Commons category: Charles Nicolle
place of burial: Musée Pasteur
date of birth: 1866-09-21
date of death: 1936-02-28
medical condition: deafness
birth name: Charles Jules Henri Nicolle
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
name in native language: Charles Nicolle
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interested in: bacteriology

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Encyclopedic overview

Charles Jules Henri Nicolle (21 September 1866 – 28 February 1936) was a French bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus.

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