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Gabriel Richet was also one of the pioneers of European nephrology.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"26 August 1850","date":"1850-08-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"4 December 1935","date":"1935-12-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"physician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39631"},{"text":"psychologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212980"},{"text":"Esperantist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860918"},{"text":"physiologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2055046"},{"text":"immunologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12119633"},{"text":"researcher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1650915"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209842"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president of the French Academy of Sciences (1 January 1933 – 31 December 1933)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23034946","start":"1933-01-01","end":"1933-12-31"},{"text":"president (1920–1926)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1255921","start":"1920","end":"1926"},{"text":"president (1918–1923)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1255921","start":"1918","end":"1923"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80061","date":"1913"},{"text":"prix de poésie de l'Académie française","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50321301","date":"1915"},{"text":"Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855216","date":"1926"},{"text":"Montyon Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372160","date":"1893"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richet","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214851"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Charles Richet born?","a":"Charles Richet was born on 26 August 1850 in Paris."},{"q":"What positions has Charles Richet held?","a":"Positions held by Charles Richet include: president of the French Academy of Sciences (1933–1933); president (1920–1926); president (1918–1923)."},{"q":"Where did Charles Richet study?","a":"Charles Richet was educated at University of Paris."}],"related":[{"name":"Jean Perrin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jean-perrin"},{"name":"Jules A. 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