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1853 – 1931Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853-1931)Died 13 June 1931, aged 78Japanese bacteriologist who co-discovered the infectious agent of bubonic plague in 1894. He also developed serum therapy for tetanus with Emil von Behring. He founded the Kitasato Institute in Tokyo.