Karl Landsteiner

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930

Physician – Anatomic Pathologist, Father of Immunology. ABO Blood Groups, Rh Typing. Paroxysmal Haemoglobinuria. Polio. Spirochaetes. Chemistry into service of serology. Meticulous observation, description, understanding in many fields.

Rigorously demanding of himself. Energetic. By nature somewhat pessimistic, preferred to live away from people.
Characteristic of him – died pipette in hand.

Honoring Karl Landsteiner

Landsteiner bronze bust at Warm Springs. Author: Henry Lytton Cobbold, Source: Wikimedia Commons

Author: Robert Prummel at Dutch Wikipedia. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Karl Landsteiner – obverse of a 1,000-schilling bank note, Austria, 1997. Author: Österreichische Nationalbank. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Karl Landsteiner working in his lab in Vienna – reverse of a 1,000-schilling bank note, Austria, 1997.

Memorial plaque, Karl Landsteiner, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin-Lichterfelde, Germany. Author: OTFW, Berlin. Source: Wikimedia Commons.