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Bernardo Houssay

Argentine physician (1887–1971)

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Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentinian physiologist. Houssay was a co-recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of glucose in animals, sharing the prize with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori. He is the first Latin American Nobel laureate in the sciences.

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Born
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Place of birth
Buenos Aires wd
Died
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Place of death
Buenos Aires wd
Citizenship
Argentina wd
Occupation
physician, chemist, pharmacist, entomologist, biologist wd
Education
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, National School of Buenos Aires wd
Spouse
María Angélica Catán wd

Awards wd

  • doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1935)
  • doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon (1946)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1947)
  • Baly Medal (1947)
  • James Cook Medal (1948)
  • honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (1949)
  • Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1951)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1957)
  • doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger (1959)
  • honorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier (1959)
  • Banting Medal (1963)
  • Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1966)
  • Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Questions

When was Bernardo Houssay born?
Bernardo Houssay was born on 10 April 1887 in Buenos Aires.
Where did Bernardo Houssay study?
Bernardo Houssay was educated at Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, National School of Buenos Aires.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Bernardo Houssay · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q237160 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Bernado Houssay.JPG by unknow (uploader Claudio Elias) (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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