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Osman Nuri Eralp Born 1876
İstanbul, Ottoman EmpireDied 1940
İstanbul, TurkeyResidence Turkey Citizenship Turkish Nationality Turkish Fields Veterinary medicine, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Virology Institutions Istanbul University
Ankara UniversityAlma mater Darülfünun
Sorbonne
Pasteur InstituteOsman Nuri Eralp (1876 - 1940, İstanbul) was a Turkish veterinarian, veterinary scientist and microbiologist[1].
Eralp was born in İstanbul, then in the Ottoman Empire, and now in Turkey. He completed his university education at "Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye" which was the medical school of Darülfünun (House of Multiple Sciences, name of Istanbul University in Ottoman era). He -for to continue studying for a post-graduate qualification- attended Sorbonne and Pasteur Institute. After graduation he both worked as a veterinarian and continued researches. After 1908 he worked as a full time academic in Istanbul University and Ankara University. He lectured histology and embryology[2].
He contributed importantly to bacteriology and virology via his remarkable researches. His works especially focused on tuberculosis, anthrax, cholera, syphilis, gonorrhea, rinderpest, and all microorganisms living in or transmitted by milk.
References
- ^ Melikoğlu, B. (2007). Osman Nuri Eralp'in "Bakteriyoloji dersleri" adlı kitabının veteriner hekimliği tarihi açısından değerlendirilmesi. PhD., The Graduate School of Health Sciences of Ankara University.
- ^ OSMANAĞAOĞLU, Ş., & MELİKOĞLU, B. (2009). A historical glance at eradication of glander disease in Turkey. The Journal of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kafkas, 15(3), 331-337.
Categories:- University of Paris alumni
- Turkish non-fiction writers
- Ottoman scientists
- Turkish virologists
- Turkish bacteriologists
- Turkish microbiologists
- Turkish veterinary scientists
- Turkish academics
- 1876 births
- 1940 deaths
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