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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instanceOf academic
human
physiologist
scientist
academicDiscipline experimental physiology
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1818-11-07
dateOfDeath 1896-12-26
doctoralAdvisor Johannes Müller
educatedAt University of Berlin
employer University of Berlin
ethnicGroup German
familyName du Bois-Reymond
fieldOfWork bioelectricity
electrophysiology
neurophysiology
physiology
givenName Emil
hasAcademicRank full professor
hasOccupation physiologist
university teacher
influenced Hermann von Helmholtz
Julius Bernstein
influencedBy Johannes Müller
knownFor all-or-none principle in nerve excitation
development of sensitive galvanometric methods for nerve and muscle
lectures on the limits of natural science
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Berlin Academy of Sciences
Prussian Academy of Sciences
movement scientific materialism
notableFor pioneering work on bioelectricity
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
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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