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János Szentágothai

1912-10-31 – 1994-09-08

Szentágothai János, eredeti nevén Schimert János (Pestújhely, 1912. október 31. – Budapest, 1994. szeptember 8.) Kossuth-díjas magyar anatómus, egyetemi tanár, országgyűlési képviselő, a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia elnöke 1976-tól 1985-ig, a magyar szkeptikus mozgalom atyja.Credit: Eifert János

Life & Legacy

János Szentágothai FRS (31 October 1912 – 8 September 1994) was a Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian anatomist, Professor, Member of Parliament, and President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.His father was Antal Géza MD, great-grandfather was Alexander Lumniczer (whose brother-in-law was Schöpf-Merei Ágost). The general assembly of UNESCO decided the year 2012 to be dedicated to honour the 100th birthday of János Szentágothai.

Occupation & Career

anatomist, neuroscientist, university teacher, politician, physician

Education

Eötvös Loránd University; University of Basel

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Kossuth Prize; Karl Spencer Lashley Award; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; State Award of the People's Republic of Hungary; Apáczai Csere János Prize; Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of Hungary; Hungarian Heritage Award; honorary doctor of the Medical University of Pécs; Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford; doctor honoris causa of the University of Turku; Order of Friendship of Peoples; Ferrier Lecture

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Apáczai Csere János Prize · Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of Hungary · doctor honoris causa of the University of Turku · Ferrier Lecture · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · honorary doctor of the Medical University of Pécs · Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford · Hungarian Heritage Award · Karl Spencer Lashley Award · Kossuth Prize · Order of Friendship of Peoples · State Award of the People's Republic of Hungary

Employer

Eötvös Loránd University · Medical University of Pécs · Semmelweis University

Organizations & Memberships

Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz · Academy of Sciences of the USSR · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Finnish Academy of Science and Letters · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences · Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters · Polish Academy of Sciences · Pontifical Academy of Sciences · Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic · Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts · Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts