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Bernardo Houssay

1887-04-10 – 1971-09-21

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Life & Legacy

Bernardo Alberto Houssay (April 10, 1887 – September 21, 1971) was an Argentinian physiologist. Houssay was a co-recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of glucose in animals, sharing the prize with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori. He is the first Latin American Nobel laureate in the sciences.

Occupation & Career

physician, chemist, pharmacist, entomologist, biologist

Education

Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Buenos Aires; National School of Buenos Aires

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris; doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Baly Medal; James Cook Medal; honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg; Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico; Guggenheim Fellowship; doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger; honorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier; Banting Medal; Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise; Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Baly Medal · Banting Medal · doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger · doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon · doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris · Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise · Guggenheim Fellowship · Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico · honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg · honorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier · James Cook Medal · Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Employer

University of Buenos Aires

Organizations & Memberships

Academia Argentina de Letras · Academia Nacional de Ciencias Morales y Políticas · Académie Nationale de Médecine · Academy of Sciences of Turin · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · National Academy of Sciences · Pontifical Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences