Claude Bernard | |
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| Born | 12 July 1813 Saint-Julien, Rhône, France |
| Died | 10 February 1878 (aged 64) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Known for | Milieu intérieur |
| Spouse | Marie Françoise Bernard |
| Children | Two daughters, Jeanne-Henriette and Marie-Claude, and a son who died in infancy |
| Awards | Baly Medal (1869) Copley Medal (1876) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiology |
| Institutions | Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle |
| Patrons | Louis Napoleon |
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Claude Bernard (French: [klod bɛʁnaʁ]; 12 July 1813 – 10 February 1878) was a French physiologist. Historian I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science".[1] He originated the term milieu intérieur and the associated concept of homeostasis (the latter term being coined by Walter Cannon).
- ^ Cohen, I. Bernard, "Foreword", in the Dover edition (1957) of: Bernard, Claude, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (originally published in 1865; first English translation by Henry Copley Greene, published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1927).[page needed]