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Jules Bordet

Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (1870-1961) · Belgium · Scientists · Died at 90

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He cracked how the immune system actually kills invaders - the cascade that happens after an antibody tags a pathogen - and the 1919 Nobel followed.

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A life in dates

1961Died6 April 19611951Honorary Doctorate at the Laval UniversityAward1932Honorary Doctor of Caen UniversityAwardHonorary Doctorate of the University of MontpellierAward1930Croonian Medal and LectureAwardDoctor Honoris Causa from the University of NancyAward1925Honorary Doctor of the University of ToulouseAward1923Honorary Doctorate from the University of StrasbourgAward1922Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of ParisAward1919Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1916Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1870Born13 June 1870

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Awards

Honorary Doctorate at the Laval University1951
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Montpellier1932
Honorary Doctor of Caen University1932
Croonian Medal and Lecture1930
Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Nancy1930
Honorary Doctor of the University of Toulouse1925
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strasbourg1923
Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Paris1922
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1919
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1916
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge
Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh
Honorary Doctor of the University of Athens
Honorary doctorate from the University of Cairo
Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh

About this person

Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was born on 13 June 1870 in Belgium. Working as an immunologist and microbiologist, he unraveled the mechanisms of immunity at a time when the body's defenses were still opaque. His discoveries on how the immune system neutralizes threats earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1919. A bacterial genus, Bordetella, carries his name. He died on 6 April 1961.

Country
Belgium
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1961 · aged 90

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