Hans Selye

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Hans Selye was an endocrinologist and pioneering stress researcher best known for formulating the concept of the "general adaptation syndrome" and establishing stress as a key factor in disease.

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instanceOf academic
endocrinologist
human
medical researcher
physician
stress researcher
academicDegree MD
PhD
awardReceived Gairdner Foundation International Award
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
surface form: Lasker Award for Medical Research
citizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Canada
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath Canada
dateOfBirth 1907-01-26
dateOfDeath 1982-10-16
educatedAt Comenius University in Bratislava
German University in Prague
Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
employer McGill University
Université de Montréal
familyName Hans Selye self-linksurface differs
surface form: Selye
fieldOfWork endocrinology
experimental medicine
pathophysiology
stress research
givenName Hans
hasResearchSubject adaptation to stress
adrenal cortex
hormones
stress
influenced modern stress research
psychoneuroendocrinology
psychosomatic medicine
knownFor concept of biological stress
general adaptation syndrome
research on stress and disease
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
German
movement biomedical model of stress
notableWork Stress in Health and Disease
The Stress of Life
The Stress of Life (1956 book)
placeOfBirth Vienna
placeOfDeath Montreal
sexOrGender male
theory general adaptation syndrome
stress as a nonspecific response of the body to any demand
workLocation Montreal

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Claude Bernard influenced Hans Selye
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