Charles Nicolle | |
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Born | Charles Jules Henri Nicolle 21 September 1866 |
Died | 28 February 1936 | (aged 69)
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Known for | Epidemic typhus |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1928) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bacteriology |
Institutions | Pasteur Institute of Tunis |
Charles Jules Henri Nicolle (21 September 1866 – 28 February 1936)[1] was a French bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus.