Shibasaburo Kitasato
Historical Figure

Shibasaburo Kitasato

Japanese physician and bacteriologist (1853–1931)

About Shibasaburo Kitasato

Baron Kitasato Shibasaburō was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong during an outbreak in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Pandemic1855 CE – 1960 CE

Third Plague Pandemic

The third major bubonic plague pandemic originated in the Yunnan province of China and spread globally via steamship trade routes, killing over 12 million people — predominantly in India — and persisting as an active pandemic until 1960.