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Kitasato Shibasaburō

1853 - 1931

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Baron Kitasato Shibasaburō (北里 柴三郎; January 29 [O.S. 17 January], 1853 – June 13, 1931) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong during an outbreak in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin. Kitasato was nominated for the first annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901. Kitasato and Emil von Behring, working together in Berlin in 1890, announced the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin serum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kitasato Shibasaburō is the 174th most popular physician (down from 173rd in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Japan (up from 258th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Physician.

Kitasato Shibasaburō was a Japanese bacteriologist who was the first to isolate the bacillus responsible for bubonic plague. He was also the first to identify the bacterium responsible for leprosy.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 174 out of 726. Before him are Carl Wernicke, Albert of Riga, Severo Ochoa, Andrew Schally, Merit-Ptah, and Oswald Avery. After him are Bernardo Houssay, Friedrich Miescher, Robert Knox, August von Wassermann, Engelbert Kaempfer, and Michael Stuart Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 24. Before him are Alphonse Bertillon, Katharina Schratt, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Oskar Potiorek, and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar. After him are Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Emil Jellinek, André Michelin, Francesco Filippini, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, and Flinders Petrie. Among people deceased in 1931, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 29. Before him are Nathan Söderblom, Peter Kürten, Carin Göring, Eugène Ysaÿe, Dionysios Kasdaglis, and Vincent d'Indy. After him are Martinus Beijerinck, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Giovanni Boldini, Auguste Forel, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, and André Michelin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 255 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Ankō (401), Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Yasukazu Tanaka (1933), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), Ryōji Noyori (1938), and Mori Ōgai (1862). After him are Arata Isozaki (1931), Kiyonosuke Marutani (null), Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Empress Jingū (169), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), and Setsu Sawagata (null).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 2. Before him are Shirō Ishii (1892). After him are Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Tasuku Honjo (1942), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), and Sunao Tawara (1873).

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