Carl Julius Salomonsen

Carl Julius Salomonsen (6 December 1847 – 14 November 1924) was a Danish bacteriologist who is considered the father of bacteriology in Denmark.

He took an interest in medical matters from an early age and after studying at the Metropolitan School he obtained an MD in 1871 from the University of Copenhagen.

He developed a technique of maintaining blood in capillary tubes within which bacterial colonies could be seen as spots.

[4] He also met Louis Pasteur in Paris, Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich in Germany, before returning to Copenhagen where he worked at the Municipal Hospital.

He suffered from osteoarthritis in his late life and was affected by the death of his wife Ellen Henriques and daughter before him.