Edwin Klebs

Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs was a GermanSwiss pathologist. He is mainly known for his work on infectious diseases. His works paved the way for the beginning of modern bacteriology, and inspired Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. He was the first to identify a bacterium that causes diphtheria, which was called KlebsLoeffler bacterium . He was the father of physician Arnold Klebs.

Klebs was born in Knigsberg, Province of Prussia. He studied at the University of Wrzburg under Rudolf Virchow in 1855 and received his doctorate at the University of Berlin in 1858. He achieved his habilitation at the University of Knigsberg the following year.

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