Gerhard Armauer Hansen
Norwegian physician
Died when: 70 years 198 days (846 months)Star Sign: Leo
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (29 July 1841 – 12 February 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy.
His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.
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