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Claude Bernard

French physiologist (1813-1878).

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Life and work

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French physiologist (1813-1878).

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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Achievements and distinctions

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    French physiologist (1813-1878).

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    Copley Medal

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    Commander of the Legion of Honour

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    Foreign Member of the Royal Society

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    Baly Medal

Career and education

Employers and institutions

Collège de France · Paris Medical Faculty · Muséum national d'histoire naturelle · École pratique des hautes études

Memberships

Royal Society of London · Société Philomathique de Paris · Académie Française · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · French Academy of Sciences · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters · Académie Nationale de Médecine · Russian Academy of Sciences · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Leadership and official positions

Second Empire senator · president · seat 29 of the Académie française · president of the French Academy of Sciences · president

Education

Paris Medical Faculty · Science Faculty of Paris

Fields of work

physiology · medicine

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