Emil von Behring

Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physician, immunologist, bacteriologist, and university teacher. He was born in Ławice in 1854 and died in Marburg in 1917 from pneumonia. His occupations included non-fiction writing and academic instruction at the Charité, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and the University of Marburg. He worked in Berlin and Marburg and was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy. His doctoral advisors were Robert Koch and Kitasato Shibasaburō.

Behring received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was a member of the Academy of Science for Public Utility and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His notable works include *Ueber Desinfection am lebenden Organismus* and *Die Werthbestimmung des Tetanusantitoxins*. He was described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection. His students included Johannes Fibiger.