| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1905 | 
| Number: | 109 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Ernst  Abbe | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1840 | 
| Year, Death: | 1905 | 
| Profession: | prof honor | 
| University: | University of Jena | 
| City: | Jena | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Robert  Koch | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1843 | 
| Year, Death: | 1910 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases | 
| City: | Berlin | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 | 
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| Motivation: | Abbe: Work on the perfection of the microscope and work on social hygiene. 
Koch: No motivation. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | B  Riedel | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | University of Jena | 
| City: | Jena | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Comments: | Candidate deceased June 14, 1905, and therefore not eligible for the prize.
University: Originally the "Königlich Preußisches Institut für Infektionskrankheiten" or "Institut für Infektions-Krankheiten",
the name was in 1912 changed to "Das Robert Koch-Institut". | 
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