Gerhard Domagk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerhard Domagk

German bacteriologist

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1895

Place of Birth: Brandenburg, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1964

Profession: physician, chemist, university teacher, biochemist, pathologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (30 October 1895 – 24 April 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist.
He is credited with the discovery of Sulfonamidochrysoidine (KI-730), the first commercially available antibiotic and marketed under the brand name Prontosil, for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.