The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939
Award: "for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil."
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Gerhard-Domagk Award for Life Sciences – A prize donated by the company Bayer AG to an outstanding PhD thesis prepared within a PhD program at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation.
Name: Gernard Jonannes Paul Domagk
Birth: 30 October 1895, Lagow, Germany (now Poland)
Death: 24 April 1964, Burgberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Residence: Munster University, Munster Germany
Role: "for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil."
Gerhard Domagk was caused by the authorities of his country to decline the award but he later received the diploma and the medal.
Portion of Cash: 1/1
Education: Degree in Medicine, Kiel University 1921.
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