# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-klebs
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:16:59.959Z

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name: "Edwin Klebs"
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description: "Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs was a German-Swiss microbiologist. He is mainly known for his work on infectious diseases. His works paved the way for the beginning of modern bacteriology, and inspired Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. He was the first to identify a bacterium that causes diphtheria, which was called Klebs–Loeffler bacterium. He was the father of physician Arnold Klebs."
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birthDate: "1834-02-06"
deathDate: "1913-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump