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
Italy Italy Switzerland Switzerland
Languages
Italian, English, Esperanto, French
date of birth
3/23/1907
place of birth
Fleurier, Neuchâtel
date of death
4/8/1992
place of death
Rome
Lived
85 years
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 5/3/1962
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 8/22/1958
  • French Academy of Sciences
  • Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
occupation
  • physician
  • pharmacist
  • pharmacologist
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
  • neuroscientist
  • Esperantist
educated at
  • University of Geneva
field of work
  • histamine antagonist
  • sulfonamide drug
work location
  • Rome
employer
  • Sapienza University of Rome
  • Pasteur Institute
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