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German physician and pioneer bacteriologist Robert Koch, (1843 - 1910), who discovered the tuberclulosis bacillus (1882), and the cholera bacillus (1883). He won the 1905 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Original Publication: People Disc - HF0791 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

German physician and pioneer bacteriologist Robert Koch, (1843 - 1910), who discovered the tuberclulosis bacillus (1882), and the cholera bacillus (1883). He won the 1905 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.  Original Publication: People Disc - HF0791   (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)