Claude Bernard
1813 – 1878 · aged 65
French physiologist (1813-1878)
- Born
- 12 Jul 1813 · Saint-Julien
- Died
- 10 Feb 1878 · Paris
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- 12 Jul 1813BornBorn in Saint-Julien
- 1864AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1868 – 1878RoleMember of the Académie française
- 1868 – 1878RolePresident
- 1869RolePresident of the French Academy of Sciences
- 1869 – 1870RoleSecond Empire senator
- 1872RolePresident
- 1875AwardBaly Medal
- 1876AwardCopley Medal
- 10 Feb 1878DiedDied in Paris
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- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Claude Bernard (French: [klod bɛʁnaʁ]; 12 July 1813 – 10 February 1878) was a French physiologist. I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science". He originated the term milieu intérieur and the associated concept of homeostasis (the latter term being coined by Walter Cannon).
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