Claude Bernard | |
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Born | Saint-Julien, Rhône, France | 12 July 1813
Died | 10 February 1878 Paris, France | (aged 64)
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Known for | Milieu intérieur (internal environment) |
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 |
Signature | |
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).