I te tau 1924, i te 25 o Hanuere, i whakawhiwhia a d'Hérelle ki te tohu tohutoro honore o te Whare Wananga o Leiden, me te mētara Leeuwenhoek, e whakawhiwhia ana kia kotahi anake ia tekau tau. Ko te mea whakamutunga he mea nui ki a ia, na te mea i riro i tana whakapakoko a Louis Pasteur te mētara ano i te tau 1895). I te tau e whai ake nei, e waru nga wa i tohua ia mo te Nobel, ahakoa kaore ia i whakawhiwhia ki tetahi.
Ko te tohu Nobel