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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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
human
physiologist
scientist
academicDiscipline experimental physiology
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1818-11-07
dateOfDeath 1896-12-26
doctoralAdvisor Johannes Müller
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin
employer Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin
ethnicGroup German
familyName Emil du Bois-Reymond self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
surface form: 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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Prussian Academy of Sciences notableMember Emil du Bois-Reymond
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German Physical Society founder Emil du Bois-Reymond
Julius Bernstein influencedBy Emil du Bois-Reymond
Johannes Müller influenced Emil du Bois-Reymond
Johannes Müller notableStudent Emil du Bois-Reymond
Paul du Bois-Reymond familyName Emil du Bois-Reymond
this entity surface form: du Bois-Reymond
Paul du Bois-Reymond sibling Emil du Bois-Reymond
Paul du Bois-Reymond relative Emil du Bois-Reymond