German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)

Paul Ehrlich

Paul Ehrlich was a German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy. He shared the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Élie Metchnikoff "in recognition of their work on immunity". Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure for syphilis in 1909 and inventing an important modification of the technique for Gram staining bacteria. The methods he developed for staining tissue made it possible to distinguish between different types of blood cells, which led to the ability to diagnose numerous blood diseases.

Born

1854

March 14

Died

1915

Era

1850s

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1074 Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
1590 Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
1647 Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
1663 According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion.

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The world in 1915

When Paul departed

april 18 World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines.
april 22 World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
april 24 The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide.
april 25 World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 14

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1879) Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Alexandru Macedonski 1854–1920 Romanian author and poet (died 1920) Castro Alves 1847– Brazilian poet and playwright (died 1871) Dan Avidan 1979– American musician and internet personality Kevin Williamson 1965– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Koča Popović 1908– Yugoslav politician and Divisional Commander of the First Proletarian Division of the Yugoslav Partisans (died 1992) Kristian Bush 1970– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Tamara Tunie 1959– American actress

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1854

Alexandru Macedonski 1854–1920 Romanian author and poet (died 1920) Emil von Behring 1854–1917 German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917) Karl Kautsky 1854–1938 Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (died 1938) Maud Howe Elliott 1854–1948 American novelist (born 1854) Oscar Wilde 1854–1900 Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (born 1854) Thomas R. Marshall 1854–1925 American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States (born 1854) Victor Babeș 1854– Romanian physician and biologist (died 1926)

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