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Hideyo Noguchi
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Japanese bacteriologist (1876–1928)
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Hideyo Noguchi, born Hideyo Kiyosaku in 1876 in Inawashiro, was a Japanese physician, microbiologist, and pathologist. He worked at Kyoto University, the University of Tokyo, the University of Pennsylvania, and The Rockefeller University. His professional affiliations included membership in the Japan Academy, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the American Philosophical Society. He wrote in Japanese and was depicted on the 1000 yen note.
Noguchi received the Legion of Honour, an honorary degree, the Imperial Prize of Japan Academy, and the John Scott Award. His notable works include studies on the Wassermann reaction, snake venom, and cytolysins in blood serum. He died of yellow fever in Accra in 1928. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1876
- Died
- 1928
- Works
- 7
Top works
- The relation of protein, lipoids and salts to the Wassermann reaction
- Snake venom in relation to haemolysis, bacteriolysis and toxicity
- On the plurality of cytolysins in normal blood serum
- The influence of colloids upon the diffusion of haemolysins
- Therapeutic experiments with anticrotalus and antimoccasin sera
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1876-11-09 ) November 9, 1876, Inawashiro, Fukushima , Japan
- Died
- May 21, 1928 (1928-05-21) (aged 51), Accra , Gold Coast
- Resting place
- Woodlawn Cemetery , New York City, US
- Known for
- Syphilis , Treponema pallidum , Neurosyphilis
- Spouse
- Mary Loretta Dardis (m. 1912)
- Awards
- Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy , Order of the Rising Sun , Kober Medal , Order of Dannebrog , Legion of Honour
- Fields
- Bacteriology , Serology , Immunology
- Institutions
- Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research , University of Pennsylvania
- Kanji
- 野口 英世
- Hiragana
- のぐち ひでよ
- Romanization
- Noguchi Hideyo
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Inawashiro
- Place of death
- Accra
- Occupation
- microbiologist
- Employer
- The Rockefeller University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Field of work
- medicine
- Image
- Noguchi Hideyo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hideyo Noguchi
- date of birth
- 1876-11-09
- date of death
- 1928-05-21
- cause of death
- yellow fever
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- name in native language
- 野口 英世
- place of burial
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- birth name
- 野口 清作
- writing language
- Japanese
- depicted by
- 1000 yen note
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- name in kana
- のぐち ひでよ
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Encyclopedic overview
Hideyo Noguchi (野口 英世, Noguchi Hideyo; November 9, 1876 – May 21, 1928), also known as Seisaku Noguchi (野口 清作, Noguchi Seisaku), was a Japanese bacteriologist at the Rockefeller Institute during its foundation under Simon Flexner and known for his work on syphilis and contributing to the long term understanding of neurosyphilis.
During the emergence of the field of serology, he began as a research assistant to American physician Silas Weir Mitchell in his studies on snake venom at the University of Pennsylvania in 1901. Mitchell and Noguchi presented the results before National Academy of Science.
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