Örjan Ouchterlony, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Örjan Ouchterlony

Swedish bacteriologist

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1914

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 25-Sep-2004

Profession: university teacher, immunologist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Örjan Ouchterlony (1914–2004) was a Swedish bacteriologist and immunologist who is credited with the creation of the Ouchterlony double immuno diffusion test in the 1940s.
He was trained at Karolinska Institute, was a professor of bacteriology at Gothenburg University from 1952 to 1980 and was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1968.