Paul Ehrlich

Paul Ehrlich was an immunologist, inventor, physician, and university teacher born in Strzelin in 1854. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire. His academic work focused on immunology, bacteriology, chemistry, and chemotherapy. He earned a doctorate under advisors Karl Weigert and Robert Koch. Ehrlich worked in Freiburg im Breisgau, Berlin, Göttingen, and Frankfurt. He spoke German.

Ehrlich received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was also awarded the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, the Liebig Medal, and the Croonian Medal and Lecture. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and the Académie Nationale de Médecine. His notable works include *Die Wertbemessung des Diphtherieheilserums und deren theoretische Grundlagen* and *Über Salvarsan und Neosalvarsan*.

He died of a stroke in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in 1915. His manner of death was natural causes. He is buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery. Ehrlich is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.