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Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

French physician

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Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran was a French physician who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1907 for his discoveries of parasitic protozoans as causative agents of infectious diseases such as malaria and trypanosomiasis. Following his father, Louis Théodore Laveran, he took up military medicine as his profession. He obtained his medical degree from University of Strasbourg in 1867.

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Born
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Place of birth
Paris wd
Died
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Place of death
Paris wd
Citizenship
France wd
Occupation
microbiologist, parasitologist, botanist, researcher, bacteriologist, physician wd
Education
Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Faculté de médecine de Strasbourg wd
Spouse
Sophie-Marie Pidancet wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1907)
  • Cothenius Medal (1895)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1916)
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour (1912)
  • Edward Jenner Medal (1902)

Questions

When was Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran born?
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran was born on 18 June 1845 in Paris.
Where did Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran study?
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran was educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Faculté de médecine de Strasbourg.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q189006 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Charles Laveran nobel.jpg by Laveran.jpg : Eugène Pirou (1841–1909) derivative work: Materialscientist ( talk ) (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 8 November 2026

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