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Charles Richet
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Charles Richet

1850 – 1935 · aged 85

French physiologist and parapsychologist (1850-1935)

Born
26 Aug 1850 · Paris
Died
4 Dec 1935 · Paris

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Showing 98 years
  1. 26 Aug 1850BornBorn in Paris
  2. 1893AwardMontyon Prize
  3. 1913AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  4. 1915AwardPrix de poésie de l'Académie française
  5. 1918 – 1923RolePresident
  6. 1920 – 1926RolePresident
  7. 1926AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
  8. 1933RolePresident of the French Academy of Sciences
  9. 4 Dec 1935DiedDied in Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1850 – 1935).

  1. 1853 – 1856Crimean War
  2. 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
  3. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  4. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  5. 1898Spanish–American War
  6. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  7. 1914 – 1918World War I
  8. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  9. 1917Balfour Declaration
  10. 1917February Revolution
  11. 1917October Revolution
  12. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  13. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  14. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  15. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  16. 19341934 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Charles Robert Richet (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ʁɔbɛʁ ʁiʃɛ]; 25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis". Richet devoted many years to the study of paranormal and spiritualist phenomena, coining the term "ectoplasm". He believed in the inferiority of black people, was a proponent of eugenics, and presided over the French Eugenics Society towards the end of his life. The Richet line of professorships of medical science continued through his son Charles and his grandson Gabriel. Gabriel Richet was also one of the pioneers of European nephrology.

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