Emil Theodor Kocher

surgeon, laureate of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine (1841-1917)

Emil Theodor Kocher (August 25, 1841 – July 27, 1917) was a Swiss doctor.[1] He won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the thyroid gland".[2]

Emil Theodor Kocher
Emil Theodor Kocher
BornAugust 25, 1841
DiedJuly 27, 1917
Berne, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materBerne University
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1909)
Scientific career
InstitutionsBerne University, Berne, Switzerland

References change

  1. "Biography of Emil Theodor Kocher". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  2. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2007-07-28.