Award
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
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Jean Pierre Flourens
1794-04-13 – 1867-12-06
Life & Legacy
Marie Jean Pierre Flourens (13 April 1794 – 6 December 1867), father of Gustave Flourens, was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science, and a pioneer in anesthesia.
Occupation & Career
politician, neuroscientist, professor, physician, anatomist, physiologist
Education
Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Foreign Member of the Royal Society · Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Employer
Collège de France · Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Organizations & Memberships
Académie de Stanislas (Nancy, France) · Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen · Académie Française · Academy of Sciences of Turin · Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · French Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Education & Institutions
Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q964160 · wikidata
Family Child
Gustave Flourens
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Family Child
Émile Flourens
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Family Child
Pierre Abel Flourens
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Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q964160 — wikidata View source
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