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Jules Bordet

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Jules Bordet

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Also known as Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet

Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (1870-1961)

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Jules Bordet was a Belgian scientist who made important discoveries in immunology and microbiology during the late 1800s and early 1900s. His work helped us understand how the immune system fights infections and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1919.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1919

    “for his discoveries relating to immunity”

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Julius
Gender
male
Citizenship
Belgium
Place of birth
Soignies
Place of death
Brussels
Occupation
bacteriologist
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Doctoral advisor
Élie Metchnikoff
Field of work
immunology
Image
Jules Bordet nobel.jpg
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place of burial
Ixelles Cemetery
Commons category
Jules Bordet
date of birth
1870-00-00
date of death
1961-04-06
described by source
Nordisk familjebok
name in native language
Jules Jean-Baptiste Vincent Bordet
interested in
microbiology
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Encyclopedic overview

Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet (/bɔːrˈdeɪ/ bor-DAY, French: [ʒyl ʒɑ̃ batist vɛ̃sɑ̃ bɔʁdɛ]; 13 June 1870 – 6 April 1961) was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.

Education and early life

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