caption death_date death_place birth_place field birth_date prizes image article_title name alma_mater
gerhard armauer hansen 12 february 1912 florø , norway bergen , norway epidemiology 29 july 1841 royal norwegian order of st. olav gerhard henrik armauer hansen.jpg gerhard armauer hansen
 gerhard henrik armauer hansen university of oslo
gerhard armauer hansen

gerhard henrik armauer hansen -lrb- 29 july 1841 -- 12 february 1912 -rrb- was a norwegian physician , remembered for his identification of the bacterium `` mycobacterium leprae '' in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy .
