Karl Landsteiner 1868 - 1943

occupation:: Pathologist

Nationality:: Austrian; American

born in:: Vienna, Wien, Austria

1902 - announced discovery of the A B O (first) blood group system. 1908 - discovered one of earliest breakthroughs in the conquest of polio. 1927 - discovered the second and third blood group systems. 1930 - awarded Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for blood group research and results. 1940 - announced discovery of the rhesus (Rh) factor.

Karl Landsteiner 1868 - 1943

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