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Gerhard Armauer Hansen
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Norwegian physician
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Annelida, Volume 3, Issue 2
- Annelida
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1841-07-29 ) 29 July 1841, Bergen , Norway
- Died
- 12 February 1912 (1912-02-12) (aged 70), Florø , Norway
- Alma mater
- University of Oslo
- Awards
- Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
- Fields
- Epidemiology
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerhard
- Family name
- Hansen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Bergen
- Place of death
- Florø
- Occupation
- biologist
- Educated at
- Bergen Cathedral School
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Field of work
- leprosy
- Image
- Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.jpg
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1841-07-29
- date of death
- 1912-02-12
- Commons category
- Gerhard Armauer Hansen
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- name in native language
- Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen
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Encyclopedic overview
Bust of Dr. Armauer Hansen, Botanical garden, University of Bergen, Norway
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɡæ̂rhɑɖ ɑrˈmæ̀ʉər ˈhɑ̂nsn̩]; 29 July 1841 – 12 February 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the etiologic agent of leprosy. His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.
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