Osman Nuri Eralp

Who was Osman Nuri Eralp?

Osman Nuri Eralp was a Turkish veterinarian, veterinary scientist and microbiologist.

Eralp was born in İstanbul, then in the Ottoman Empire, and now in Turkey. He completed his university education at "Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye" which was the medical school of Darülfünun. He—for to continue studying for a post-graduate qualification—attended Sorbonne and Pasteur Institute. After graduation he both worked as a veterinarian and continued researches. After 1908 he worked as a full-time academic in Istanbul University and Ankara University. He lectured histology and embryology.

He contributed importantly to bacteriology and virology via his remarkable researches. His works especially focused on tuberculosis, anthrax, cholera, syphilis, gonorrhea, rinderpest, and all microorganisms living in or transmitted by milk.