Daniel Bovet - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1957
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Daniel Bovet

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1957
for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles
Citizenship
ItalyItalySwitzerlandSwitzerland
Languages
English, Esperanto, French, Italian
date of birth
3/23/1907
place of birth
Fleurier, Neuchâtel
date of death
4/8/1992
place of death
Rome
Lived
85 years
occupation
  • pharmacist
  • university teacher
  • pharmacologist
  • biochemist
  • physician
  • neuroscientist
  • Esperantist
field of work
  • histamine antagonist
  • sulfonamide drug
educated at
  • University of Geneva
employer
  • Sapienza University of Rome
  • Pasteur Institute
work location
  • Rome
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 5/3/1962
  • French Academy of Sciences
  • Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 8/22/1958
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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