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Jules Bordet
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Person

Jules Bordet

1870 – 1961 · aged 91

Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (1870-1961)

Born
13 Jun 1870 · Soignies
Died
6 Apr 1961 · Brussels
Part ofBelgium54 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 105 years
  1. 13 Jun 1870BornBorn in Soignies
  2. 1916AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
  3. 1919AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  4. 1922AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
  5. 1923AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
  6. 1925AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Toulouse
  7. 1930AwardCroonian Medal and Lecture
  8. 1930AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy
  9. 1932AwardHonorary doctor of Caen University
  10. 1932AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier
  11. 1951AwardHonorary doctorate at the Laval University
  12. 6 Apr 1961DiedDied in Brussels

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1870 – 1961).

  1. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  2. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  3. 1898Spanish–American War
  4. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  5. 1914 – 1918World War I
  6. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  7. 1917Balfour Declaration
  8. 1917February Revolution
  9. 1917October Revolution
  10. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  11. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  12. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  13. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  14. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  15. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  16. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  17. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1938Munich Agreement
  19. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  20. 1939 – 1945World War II
  21. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  22. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  23. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  24. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  25. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  26. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  27. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  28. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  30. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  31. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  33. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  34. 1956Suez Crisis
  35. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1959Antarctic Treaty System

Biography

Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet ( bor-DAY, French: [ʒyl ʒɑ̃ batist vɛ̃sɑ̃ bɔʁdɛ]; 13 June 1870 – 6 April 1961) was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.

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