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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1900s (57) 1901 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1850s (38) 1854 (4) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Poland (25) Ławice (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1910s (29) 1917 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Marburg (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) E (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) B (80) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) E (31) Emil (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 48 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Germany (98) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Marburg (1) Marburg University (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Humboldt University of Berlin (56) Short-term academic staff (11) Marburg (10) University of Marburg (10) Long-term academic staff (3) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) complete name: Emil Adolf von Behring nobel prize: medicine award year: 1901 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 was awarded to Emil Adolf von Behring "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." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Emil family name: Behring occupation: physician occupation: university teacher occupation: physiologist occupation: immunologist occupation: non-fiction writer field of work: medicine field of work: infectious disease work location: University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany description: Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the first one awarded, for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin. He was widely known as a "saviour of children", as diphtheria used to be a major cause of child death. He was ennobled in 1901 for services to medicine. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1901/summary/> date birth: 1854 date death: 1917 usual name: Emil von Behring
