Authorised form of name | Bernard; Claude (1813 - 1878) |
Dates | 1813 - 1878 |
Nationality | French |
Place of birth | St-Julien, near Villefranche, Beaujolais, France |
Date of birth | 12 July 1813 |
Place of death | Paris, France |
Date of death | 10 February 1878 |
Research field | Physiology |
Activity | Education: 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
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Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 09/06/1864 |
RSActivity | Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1876 |
Relationships | Son of a vineyard owner |
Source | Sources: 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 |
Code | NA8125 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1864/17 | Bernard, Claude: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |