Emil von Behring
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1901.
Born: 15, Mar, 1854, Hansdorf (now Lawice), Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 31, Mar, 1917, Marburg, Germany
Prize motivation: "for his work on serum therapy especially its application against diphtheria by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Marburg University, Marburg, Germany
Prize share: 1/1