Robert Koch: Father of Bacteriology (Immortals of Science) by David C. Knight (Purple House Press) j k rowling -- Christopher Willard

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Robert Koch: Father of Bacteriology (Immortals of Science) by David C. Knight (Purple House Press) j k rowling -- Christopher WillardNo other scientist has so aptly earned the title of "father" of his branch of science than Robert Koch. While Pasteur is regarded as the greatest applied becteriologist, it was Koch who first perfected the pure techniques of cultivating and studying bacteria. When Koch succeeded in isolating the dreaded anthrax bacillus, he became the first to prove that a specific bacterium was the cause of a specific disease. He also developed four famous rules