Hideyo Noguchi

1876 - 1928

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country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

educated at: Nippon Medical School

occupation: physician, microbiologist

award received: Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Honorary degree, Imperial Prize of Japan Academy, John Scott Medal

Hideyo Noguchi (野口英世, Noguchi Hideyo, November 9, 1876 – May 21, 1928), also known as Seisaku Noguchi (野口清作, Noguchi Seisaku), was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who in 1911 discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease. Source: Wikipedia (en)