Corneille Heymans

Physiologist
BIRTHDAY
March 28,1892
Birthplace
Belgium
Age
Jul 18,1968,age 76
Birth Sign
Aries
BIRTHDAY
March 28,1892 (age Jul 18,1968,age 76)
Birthplace
Belgium

About

Physiologist who received 1938's Nobel Prize for Physiology for his discoveries related to blood pressure and blood's oxygen content.

Before Fame

He received mentoring and training at the Collège de France, the University of Lausanne, the University of Vienna, University College London, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Trivia

He followed his father, Jean-François Heymans, as Professor of Pharmacology at Ghent University in 1930.

Family Life

He and his wife, ophthalmologist Berthe May, had four children together.

Associated With

He and Albert Einstein were contemporaries and were both Nobel Prize winners.