1907 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

"in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases" --- http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1907

Quick Facts

• Born: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, June 18, 1845
• Birthplace: Paris, France
• Residence: France
• Education: Collège Saint Baube; Lycée Louis-le-Grand; Public Health School
• Family: Wife, Mlle Pidancet
• Field of Study: Medicine
• Affiliations: Member of the Academy of Sciences; Commander of the Legion of Honour
• Died: May 18, 1922
• Publications: Trypanosomes et trypanosomiasis, 1904; Traite des maladies et epidemies des armees, 1875
• Founded: Laboratory of Tropical Diseases; Société de Pathologie Exotique
• Major contribution:Discovering the parasite that causes human malaria

"Laveran discovered the cause of malaria in the course of the autopsies he conducted on malaria victims. He found the causative organism to be a protozoan which he named Oscillaria malariae, though it was later renamed Plasmodium."

See: Robert Ross (also a Nobel laureate) who proved Laveran's discoveries.

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Sources
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1907/
http://crishunt.8bit.co.uk/alphonse_laveran.html
http://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/oldnobel/laureates/medicine-1907-1-bio.html

1906 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal | 1908 Ilya Mechnikov