The Resume

(June 14, 1868-June 26, 1943)
Born in Baden bei Wien, Austria
Physician and biologist
Discovered the A,B and O blood types (1900)
With Constantin Levaditi and Erwin Popper, discovered the polio virus (1909)
With Alexander S. Wiener, discovered Rh factor (1937)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1930)

Why he might be annoying:

He was a pessimistic loner.
He kept a death mask of his mother hanging on his wall until his own death.
He worked as a pathologist performing autopsies and had to conduct his studies of blood in his spare time.

Why he might not be annoying:

The discovery of blood groups made transfusions practical, saving millions of lives.
He contributed to criminology by co-developing a method to determine the blood type of dried stains.
He was a dedicated experimental scientist, who suffered a heart attack in his laboratory two days before his death.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 19th Century Scientists
• 20th Century Scientists
• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 54]
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• I am a Jew who Converted to Christianity
• I Converted to Catholicism
• I Died in 1943 (Ranked: 75)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• Look at Me, I'm Legal Tender (Pictures on Coins and Currency)
• Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (Ranked: 1930)
• Profiles 35501-35750 (Ranked: 35730)
• Scientists
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19430626)

Year In Review:

In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying