When was Corneille Heymans born?

Corneille Heymans was born on 28 March 1892 in Ghent.

Where did Corneille Heymans study?

Corneille Heymans was educated at Ghent University, Sint-Barbaracollege.

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Corneille Heymans

Belgian physiologist (1892-1968)

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Corneille Jean François Heymans (28 March 1892 – 18 July 1968) was a Belgian physiologist. He studied at the Jesuit College of Saint Barbara and then at Ghent University, where he obtained a doctor's degree in 1920.

Quick facts

Born: 28 March 1892 wd
Place of birth: Ghent wd
Died: 18 July 1968 wd
Place of death: Knokke-Heist wd
Citizenship: Belgium wd
Occupation: physician, university teacher, pharmacologist, physiologist, toxicologist wd
Education: Ghent University, Sint-Barbaracollege wd

Awards wd

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1938)
honorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier (1953)
doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1959)
doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger (1959)
Schmiedeberg Plaque (1962)
honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1962)
honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse (1964)
honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University (1967)
Royal Order of the Polar Star
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold
honorary doctor of the University of Utrecht
honorary doctor of the University of Turin
Honorary doctors of Ghent University

About

Heymans won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938 for showing how blood pressure and the oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain.

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When was Corneille Heymans born?: Corneille Heymans was born on 28 March 1892 in Ghent.
Where did Corneille Heymans study?: Corneille Heymans was educated at Ghent University, Sint-Barbaracollege.

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