Nicolle, Charles Henri

Born at Rouen, France; deafened at about age 20 while studying medicine. Became a biological researcher; became director of the Pasteur Institute in Tunis, Tunisia. While in Tunis, he discovered the propagation of eanthematic typhus by lice, and eventually won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1928 for this work (the first deaf person to win a Nobel Prize). He also made other important discoveries in the spread and control of epidemic diseases. Died at Tunis. Has been honored on Tunisian and French postage stamps.