Emil von Behring
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Scientists, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Epidemics, Diseases
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Behring developed vaccinations against tetanus and diphtheria, thereby saving great numbers of lives. He also did important work in bacteriology that led to the modern understanding of infectious disease.
Early Life
August George Behring had four children from his first marriage. Emil Adolf von Behring was the eldest of the nine additional children he had from his second marriage to Augustine Zech, the daughter of a teacher. Teaching was a family tradition on both sides of Emil’s family. His great-grandfather had been appointed as a...
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