Charles Nicolle

Charles Nicolle
Charles Nicolle (French)
Born
Charles Jules Henri Nicolle

(1866-09-21)21 September 1866
Rouen, French Empire
Died28 February 1936(1936-02-28) (aged 69)
Tunis, French Tunisia
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forEpidemic typhus
FatherEugène Nicolle
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1928)
Scientific career
FieldsBacteriology
InstitutionsPasteur Institute of Tunis

Charles Jules Henri Nicolle (21 September 1866 – 28 February 1936) was a French bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus.

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