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Gerhard Domagk
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German bacteriologist (1895-1964)
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Gerhard Domagk was a scientist who received one Nobel Prize. His work is included in the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Medicine collection.
He was born on 30 October 1895 and died on 24 April 1964. Domagk had four children.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1939
“for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Łagów
- Place of death
- Königsfeld im Schwarzwald
- Occupation
- chemist
- Educated at
- Kiel University
- Employer
- University of Greifswald
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- professor
- Field of work
- pathology
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Gerhard Domagk nobel.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- Commons category
- Gerhard Domagk
- date of birth
- 1895-10-30
- date of death
- 1964-04-24
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- name in native language
- Gerhard Domagk
- birth name
- Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk
- interested in
- microbiology
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Encyclopedic overview
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈdoːmak] ; 30 October 1895 – 24 April 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist.
He is credited with the discovery of sulfonamidochrysoidine (KL730) as an antibiotic for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The drug became the first commercially available antibiotic and marketed under the brand name Prontosil.
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