Awards & Winners

Karl Friedrich Meyer

Date of Birth 19-May-1884
Place of Birth Basel
(Basel-Stadt, Switzerland)
Nationality
Also know as Karl Meyer
Karl Friedrich Meyer was an American scientist of Swiss origin. He was one of the most prodigious scientists in many areas of infectious diseases in man and animals, the ecology of pathogens, epidemiology and public health[1-6]. Some called him the “Pasteur of the 20th century”.

Awards by Karl Friedrich Meyer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Karl Friedrich Meyer.

1960


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(In recognition of his contributions to the knowledge of physiology and pathology, and especially for his achievements in elucidating the chemical structure of the ground substance found in connective tissue, site of the inflammatory processes involved in the rheumatic diseases.)

1956


Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(Joint award for pioneering studies of the biochemical components of connective tissues, contributing to new understanding of arthritis and rheumatic diseases.)

1951


Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(For bacteriological research in parasitology. )