Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (born 1841)

Gerhard Armauer Hansen

Norwegian physician (1841–1912)

Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the etiologic agent of leprosy. His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.