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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 1930s (56) 1939 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1895 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Brandenburg (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1960s (49) 1964 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Königsfeld im Schwarzwald (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) G (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) D (26) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) G (35) Gerhard (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) 45 (15) 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) Münster (1) Münster University (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Kiel (12) University of Kiel (12) Alumni (5) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) N (352) North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts (15) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Aronson Prize (2) E-F (439) E (135) Emil-Fischer Medal (5) F (394) Fresenius Prize (5) K-L (297) K (173) Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (14) O-P (364) P (242) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (21) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) complete name: Gerhard Johannes Domagk Domagk nobel prize: medicine award year: 1939 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939 was awarded to Gerhard Domagk "for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk given name: Gerhard family name: Domagk occupation: physician occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist occupation: pathologist field of work: pathology work location: University of Münster, Münster, Germany description: Gerhard Johannes Domagk Domagk was a German pathologist and bacteriologist. He is credited with the discovery of Sulfonamidochrysoidine (KI-730) - the first commercially available antibiotic (marketed under the brand name Prontosil) - for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1939/summary/> date birth: 1895 date death: 1964 usual name: Gerhard Domagk
