Gerhard Domagk

German bacteriologist (1895-1964)

Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (October 30 1895 – April 24 1964) was a German doctor.[2] He won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discovering the antibacterial effect of protonsil.[3]

Gerhard Domagk
Born
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk

(1895-10-30)30 October 1895
Died24 April 1964(1964-04-24) (aged 68)
Burgberg
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Kiel
Known forDevelopment of sulfonamides [1] such as Prontosil
SpouseGertrud Strube
ChildrenOne daughter and three sons
AwardsNobel Prize in Medicine (1939)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1959)
Scientific career
FieldsBacteriology

References change

  1. Otten, H. (1986). "Domagk and the development of the sulphonamides". The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 17 (6): 689–696. doi:10.1093/jac/17.6.689. PMID 3525495.
  2. "Biography of Gerhard Domagk". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  3. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-12-21.