Hideyo Noguchi
Japanese bacteriologist
Hideyo Noguchi, also known as Seisaku Noguchi, was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who in 1911 discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease. Wikipedia
Born: November 9, 1876, Inawashiro, Fukushima, Japan
Died: May 21, 1928 (age 51 years), Accra, Ghana
Spouse: Mary Loretta Dardis (m. 1911–1928)
Known for: syphilis; Treponema pallidum
Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery • Conservancy, New York, NY
Parents: Shika Noguchi and Sayosuke Noguchi
Kanji: 野口 英世