During the late nineteenth century, tuberculosis, the "white plague," was the leading cause of death throughout the United States and Western Europe. Then, in 1882, a German physician named Robert Koch (1843-1910) discovered the...

(born Dec. 11, 1843, Clausthal, Hannover [now Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Ger.]—died May 27, 1910, Baden-Baden, Ger.) German physician and one of the founders of bacteriology. He discovered the anthrax disease cycle (1876) and the bacteria responsible...

1843-1910 German Physician Robert Koch was a key player in the field of bacteriology and, ultimately, hygiene and public health. His brilliant research uncovered the causes of anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera, and led to the development of...

(born Dec. 11, 1843, Clausthal, Hannover—died May 27, 1910, Baden-Baden, Ger.) German physician. As the first to isolate the anthrax bacillus, observe its life cycle, and develop a preventive inoculation for it, he was the first to prove a causal...

Robert Koch (December 11 1843 – May 27 1910) was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the cholera vibrio (1883) and for his development of Koch's postulates. He was awarded...