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Charles Richet
French physiologist and parapsychologist (1850-1935).
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French physiologist and parapsychologist (1850-1935).
Charles Robert Richet (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ʁɔbɛʁ ʁiʃɛ]; 25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis". Richet devoted many years to the study of paranormal and spiritualist phenomena, coining the term "ectoplasm". He believed in the inferiority of black people, was a proponent of eugenics, and presided over the French Eugenics Society towards the end of his life. The Richet line of professorships of medical science continued through his son Charles and his grandson Gabriel. Gabriel Richet was also one of the pioneers of European nephrology.
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Achievements and distinctions
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French physiologist and parapsychologist (1850-1935).
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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prix de poésie de l'Académie française
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Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
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Montyon Prize
Career and education
Employers and institutions
Collège de France
Memberships
French Academy of Sciences · Academy of Sciences of the USSR · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences · Académie Nationale de Médecine · Academy of Sciences of Turin · French eugenics society · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Leadership and official positions
president of the French Academy of Sciences · president · president
Education
University of Paris
Fields of work
medicine · physiology · allergology · anaphylaxis · human physiology · psychology · Esperanto · eugenics
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