Robert Koch
- January 5, 2024
- Biologist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Robert Koch |
| Occupation | Biologist |
| Date Of Birth | Dec 11, 1843(1843-12-11) |
| Age | 181 |
| Date Of Death | May 27, 1910, Baden-Baden, Germany |
| Birthplace | Germany |
| Country | Germany |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
Robert Koch Biography
| Name | Robert Koch |
| Birthday | Dec 11 |
| Birth Year | 1843 |
| Place Of Birth | Germany |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
| Parents | Mathilde Julie Henriette Biewand, Hermann Koch |
| Spouse | Hedwig Freiberg , Emma Adolfine Josephine Fraatz |
Robert Koch is one of the most popular and richest Biologist who was born on December 11, 1843 in Germany, Germany. Founding father of microbiology who is known for identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905.
He won the Nobel Prize five decades before James Watson did.
He married Emmy Adolfine Josephine Fraatz in 1866, and the couple had a daughter two years later.
Robert Koch Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Biologist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Robert Koch is one of the richest Biologist from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Koch 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He became a medical officer after his time in the Franco-Prussian war.
The first steps to curing tuberculosis were taken when he isolated the disease in 1882 and he gave experimental support for the concept of infectious disease, which was not yet a scientifically accepted concept.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 feet 11 inches |
Robert Koch height 5 feet 11 inches Robert weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Robert Koch Dating?
According to our records, Robert Koch married to Hedwig Freiberg , Emma Adolfine Josephine Fraatz. As of December 1, 2023, Robert Koch’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Biologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Robert Koch celebrates birthday on December 11 of every year.
What is Robert Koch most famous for?
Robert Koch was the man who, building on the work of Pasteur and Lister, set bacteriology on its way to being a modern science. He discovered the causative organisms of anthrax, septicæmia, tuberculosis and cholera.
What was Robert Koch's theory?
Robert Koch developed four criteria to prove that a specific organism causes a disease : a specific microorganism is always associated with a given disease and can be isolated from a diseased animal and cultured, and the same microbe causes disease in healthy animals and can be isolated from newly infected animals.
How did Robert Koch proved the germ theory?
In the final decades of the 19th century, Koch conclusively established that a particular germ could cause a specific disease. He did this by experimentation with anthrax. Using a microscope, Koch examined the blood of cows that had died of anthrax. He observed rod-shaped bacteria and suspected they caused anthrax.
How did Robert Koch contribute to microbiology?
Dr Robert Koch was a pivotal figure in the golden age of microbiology. It was the German bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes anthrax, septicaemia, tuberculosis and cholera , and his methods enabled others to identify many more important pathogens.
Who invented anthrax?
Robert Koch , a German physician and scientist, first identified the bacterium that caused the anthrax disease in 1875 in Wollstein (now Wolsztyn – a town in Poland). His pioneering work in the late 19th century was one of the first demonstrations that diseases could be caused by microbes.