Emil du Bois-Reymond
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Emil du Bois-Reymond was a 19th-century German physiologist renowned for his pioneering work on bioelectricity and the physiology of the nervous system.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emil du Bois-Reymond canonical | 9 |
| du Bois-Reymond | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ physiologist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | experimental physiology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| dateOfBirth | 1818-11-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1896-12-26 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Johannes Müller ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
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| employer |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
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| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
Emil du Bois-Reymond
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surface form:
du Bois-Reymond
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| fieldOfWork |
bioelectricity
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electrophysiology ⓘ neurophysiology ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| givenName | Emil ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | full professor ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
physiologist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hermann von Helmholtz
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Julius Bernstein ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Johannes Müller ⓘ |
| knownFor |
all-or-none principle in nerve excitation
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development of sensitive galvanometric methods for nerve and muscle ⓘ lectures on the limits of natural science ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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surface form:
Berlin Academy of Sciences
Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| movement | scientific materialism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering work on bioelectricity
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research on the physiology of the nervous system ⓘ |
| notableIdea | “Ignoramus et ignorabimus” thesis on limits of scientific knowledge ⓘ |
| notableWork | Untersuchungen über tierische Elektricität ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century German science ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of physiology
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rector of the University of Berlin ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence | Berlin ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Paul du Bois-Reymond ⓘ |
| studied | electrical properties of nerves and muscles ⓘ |
| workLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
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