Edwin Klebs

Edwin Klebs
Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs
Born(1834-02-06)6 February 1834
Died23 October 1913(1913-10-23) (aged 79)
Bern, Switzerland
NationalityGerman, Swiss
Alma materUniversity of Würzburg
University of Berlin
University of Königsberg
Scientific career
FieldsPathology
InstitutionsUniversity of Bern
University of Würzburg
University of Prague
University of Zurich
Rush Medical College
Doctoral advisorRudolf Virchow
Doctoral studentsOtto Lubarsch

Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (6 February 1834 – 23 October 1913) was a German-Swiss microbiologist. He is mainly known for his work on infectious diseases. His works paved the way for the beginning of modern bacteriology, and inspired Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. He was the first to identify a bacterium that causes diphtheria, which was called Klebs–Loeffler bacterium (now Corynebacterium diphtheriae).[1][2] He was the father of physician Arnold Klebs.

  1. ^ Garrison, F.H. (1913). "Edwin Klebs (1834-1913)". Science. 38 (991): 920–921. Bibcode:1913Sci....38..920G. doi:10.1126/science.38.991.920. JSTOR 1639550. PMID 17753538.
  2. ^ Anonymous (1913). "Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs. Born Königsberg-i.-Pr., February 6, 1834-died Berne, October 23, 1913". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 18 (1): 401–403. doi:10.1002/path.1700180140.

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