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David Bruce
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Australian-British physician, pathologist and microbiologist (1855–1931)
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David Bruce (1855–1931) was a British-Australian physician, entomologist, pathologist, and microbiologist. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh and served in the British Army. He worked in the fields of bacteriology and parasitology and spoke English.
Bruce was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer. He was recognized in the Royal Society collection and received the Leeuwenhoek Medal, Royal Medal, and Albert Medal. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
He died in London in 1931 and was buried there. The Open Library lists an author named David Bruce who died in 1830 with works such as *Coastal communities in crisis* and *Valley Under the Cross*, but these details refer to a different individual.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1830
- Works
- 279
Top works
- Coastal communities in crisis
- Valley Under the Cross
- Unconducted Tour
- The police that we want
- 2 Minute Tester
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Bruce
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- botanist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- parasitology
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Davidbruce.JPG
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- member of
- Académie des sciences d'outre-mer
- date of birth
- 1855-05-29
- date of death
- 1931-11-27
- Commons category
- David Bruce (microbiologist)
- Commons Creator page
- David Bruce
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- place of burial
- London
- different from
- David Bruce
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