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Authorised form of nameBernard; Claude (1813 - 1878)
Dates1813 - 1878
NationalityFrench
Place of birthSt-Julien, near Villefranche, Beaujolais, France
Date of birth12 July 1813
Place of deathParis, France
Date of death10 February 1878
Research fieldPhysiology
ActivityEducation:
Lyons
Career:
Worked in an apothecary's shop; went to Paris and took up medicine (1834); Assistant to the physiologist Magendie, College de France (1841); Professor of Physiology (1855); discovered the functions of the pancreas
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election09/06/1864
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1876
RelationshipsSon of a vineyard owner
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Claude Debru, 'On the Usefulness of the History of Science for Scientific Education' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 291-307, plate
Sir Ashley Miles, 'Reports by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard on the Organization of Scientific Teaching and Research' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 101-118
CodeNA8125
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1864/17Bernard, Claude: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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