
| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1908 | 
| Number: | 53 - 8 | 
| Nominee: | |
| Name: | Paul Ehrlich | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1854 | 
| Year, Death: | 1915 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy | 
| City: | Frankfurt am Main | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908 | |
| Motivation: | Experimental work on immunity, cancer research and Ehrlich´s side-chain theory. | 
| Nominator: | |
| Name: | Erwin von Esmarch | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | Hygiene | 
| University: | University of Göttingen | 
| City: | Göttingen | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Comments: | 11 professors from Göttingen University nominated P. Ehrlich in the same letter: A. von Hippel, ophthalmology; Max Verworn, physiology; E. Kaufmann, pathological anatomy; C. Hirsch, internal medicine; C. Jacobj, pharmacology; Additional nominators are listed in entry 53-0. |