Theodor Escherich (29 November 1857 - 15 February 1911) was a German-Austrian pediatrician and a professor at universities in Munich, Graz, and Vienna. He discovered the bacterium "Escherichia coli", which was named after him in 1919, and determined its properties. He was born in Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Germany and he died in Vienna, Austria. Wikipedia
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An Austrian pediatritian who in 1886 published a monograph on the relationship between certain bacteria and the physiology of infant intestinal systems. Species of Escherichia coli, the bacteria he isolated and studied are named after him. He is also as www.fact-archive.com/dictionary/Theodor_Escherich