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
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human → physiologist → scientist → |
| academicDiscipline |
experimental physiology
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Kingdom of Prussia → |
| dateOfBirth |
1818-11-07
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| dateOfDeath |
1896-12-26
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| doctoralAdvisor |
Johannes Müller
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| educatedAt |
University of Berlin
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| employer |
University of Berlin
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| ethnicGroup |
German
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| familyName |
du Bois-Reymond
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| fieldOfWork |
bioelectricity
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electrophysiology → neurophysiology → physiology → |
| givenName |
Emil
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| hasAcademicRank |
full professor
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| hasOccupation |
physiologist
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university teacher → |
| influenced |
Hermann von Helmholtz
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Julius Bernstein → |
| influencedBy |
Johannes Müller
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| 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
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| memberOf |
Berlin Academy of Sciences
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Prussian Academy of Sciences → |
| movement |
scientific materialism
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| 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
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| notableWork |
Untersuchungen über tierische Elektricität
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| partOf |
19th-century German science
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| placeOfBirth |
Berlin
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| placeOfDeath |
Berlin
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| positionHeld |
professor of physiology
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rector of the University of Berlin → |
| religion |
Protestantism
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| residence |
Berlin
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| sibling |
Paul du Bois-Reymond
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| studied |
electrical properties of nerves and muscles
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| workLocation |
Berlin
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Untersuchungen über tierische Elektricität
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author |
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Emil du Bois-Reymond
("du Bois-Reymond")
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German Physical Society
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founder |
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Untersuchungen über tierische Elektricität
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Prussian Academy of Sciences
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notableMember |