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Claude Bernard

1813 - 1878

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Bernard is the 45th most popular physician (down from 27th in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from France (down from 342nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Physician.

Claude Bernard was a French physiologist who is most famous for his work in the field of experimental physiology. His work with the pancreas led to the discovery of the role of the pancreas in digestion.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Claude Bernard ranks 45 out of 726. Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Marcello Malpighi, and Rita Levi-Montalcini. After him are Elias Lönnrot, Peter Damian, Polycarp, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Ronald Ross, and Alexis Carrel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Claude Bernard ranks 6. Before him are Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Søren Kierkegaard, David Livingstone, and John Snow. After him are Ivar Aasen, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Franz Miklosich, Georg Büchner, Baron Alexander von Bach, and Charles-Valentin Alkan. Among people deceased in 1878, Claude Bernard ranks 5. Before him are Pope Pius IX, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. After him are Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Elias Magnus Fries, George V of Hanover, and Ernst Heinrich Weber.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Bernard ranks 414 out of 6,770. Before him are Patrice de MacMahon (1808), Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), Jean Dubuffet (1901), Paul Valéry (1871), Paul Sabatier (1854), and Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952). After him are James I of Aragon (1208), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Émilie du Châtelet (1706), and Alfred Kastler (1902).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Claude Bernard ranks 4. Before him are Albert Schweitzer (1875), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), and Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738). After him are Alexis Carrel (1873), Charles Nicolle (1866), Philippe Pinel (1745), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), René Laennec (1781), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Hilary of Poitiers (315), and Ambroise Paré (1510).

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