Robert Koch

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Also Known As	Robert Heinrich Hermann Koch
Born	December 11, 1843 • Germany
Died	May 27, 1910 (aged 66) • Baden-Baden • Germany
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1905)
Subjects Of Study	Bacillus anthracis • Mycobacterium • Vibrio cholerae • anthrax • bacteria • cholera • tuberculosis

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