Theodor Escherich

Theodor Escherich
Theodor Escherich
	Theodor Escherich, around 1900
Born	29 November 1857; Ansbach, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	15 February 1911 (aged 53); Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Citizenship	Kingdom of Bavaria; Austria-Hungary;
Alma mater	University of Würzburg; University of Kiel; University of Berlin;
Known for	Discovery of Escherichia coli
Spouse	Margaretha Pfaundler
Awards	k. k. Hofrat (1906);
	Scientific career
Fields	Medicine, pediatrics, bacteriology
Institutions	Julius Hospital, Würzburg; St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna; Children’s Polyclinic of the Reisingerianum, Munich; Hauner Children’s Hospital, Munich; University of Munich; University of Graz;
Doctoral advisor	Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt
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Theodor Escherich (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʔɛʃəʁɪç]; 29 November 1857 – 15 February 1911) was a German-Austrian pediatrician and a professor at universities in Graz and Vienna. He discovered and described the bacterium Escherichia coli.