Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (October 30 1895 – April 24 1964) was a German doctor.^[2] He won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discovering the antibacterial effect of protonsil.^[3]

Gerhard Domagk
Born	Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (1895-10-30)30 October 1895 Lagow, Brandenburg (now Poland)
Died	24 April 1964(1964-04-24) (aged 68) Burgberg
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Kiel
Known for	Development of sulfonamides [1] such as Prontosil
Spouse	Gertrud Strube
Children	One daughter and three sons
Awards	Nobel Prize in Medicine (1939) Fellow of the Royal Society (1959)
Scientific career
Fields	Bacteriology