Robert Koch was born near Hanover, Germany on December 11, 1843.
From 1870 to 1871 71 Robert Koch served as a surgeon during the Franco-Prussian War and became district surgeon in Wollstein, Germany, where he built a small laboratory.
In 1877 he published an important paper on the investigation of anthrax
In 1882 Robert Koch discovered tuberculosis and started studying the subject.
From 1891 to 1899 he studied a variety of diseases of humans and animals such as leprosy, rinderpest, bubonic plague, Texas fever and malaria and travelled all over the globe.
In 1901 Robert Koch firmly believed that infection of human beings by tuberculosis was rare and did not warrant drastic measures. In 1905 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine for identifying the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
The Koch crater satellite is named after him. The Robert Koch prize and medal is named after him and given to outstanding microbiologists.
Robert Koch died in May 27, 1910. (not such a fun fact!)
Robert Koch's discovery of the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has saved over 7 million lives.
