Robert Courrier
Robert Marie Jules Constant Courrier (born October 6, 1895 in Saxon-Sion , Meurthe et Moselle , † March 14, 1986 in Paris ) was a French biologist and physician ( endocrinology ).
Life
Courrier began his medical studies in Nancy in 1913 , was wounded in Verdun in the First World War ( Croix de guerre 1916) and continued his studies in Strasbourg from 1919 to 1924 , completing a medical dissertation on the female sexual cycle ( Le cycle sexuel chez la femelle des mammifères : Étude de la phase folliculaire ) in the laboratory of Pol Bouin . In addition to sex cycles, which he examined in bats, he also dealt with the endocrinology of the thymus . From 1926 he taught at the Faculté des Sciences in Algiers , where he in 1927 with a thesis déterminisme of caractères sexuels secondaires chez quelques mammifères à activité testiculaire périodique doctorate was (Dr. Sc.). He also acquired the agrégation in histology, medicine and embryology in Algiers and became professor there in 1931 (Professeur sans chair). In 1938 he became professor of experimental morphology and endocrinology at the Collège de France and in 1941 laboratory director at the École pratique des hautes études .
He was a member of the Académie des sciences from 1944 and from 1948 to 1986 its secretary (secrétaire perpétuel). In 1941 he was President of the Academie nationale des medicines and in 1950 President of the French Society for Endocrinology. In 1963 he received the gold medal of the CNRS , whose council he had been a member since 1939. In 1954 Robert Courrier became a member of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts of Belgium , in 1956 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1939 of the Romanian Academy of Sciences and in 1959 a corresponding member of the National Medical Academy of Buenos Aires. From 1966 to 1977 he was a member of the Haut comité de la langue française . He was a member of the Academie des XL de Rome and received its gold medal. Courrier was in command of the Legion of Honor (whose officer he was previously and whose military knight level he had) and the Palmes académiques . He has received several honorary doctorates (Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Geneva, Athens, Liège, Leuven, Brussels, Quebec).
Fonts
- with R. Kehl: Physiologie du sexe . Hermann, Paris 1938.
- Endocrinologie de la Gestation . Masson, Paris 1945.
- Les hormones artificielles . Impr. Alençonnaise, Alençon 1949.
- with M. Baclesse: L'équilibre hormonal au cours de la gestation . Masson, 1955.
- Etudes d'endocrinologie , Actualités scientifiques. Hermann, Paris 1961.
- Le CNRS, 25 ans de recherche scientifique , La documentation française, 1965.
- L'ovaire des mammifères , in P. Grassé (Editor) Traité de Zoologie . Masson, Paris 1968.
Web links
- Biography at the College de France
- Literature by and about Robert Courrier in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Courrier, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Courrier, Robert Marie Jules Constant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French biologist and medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1986 |
| Place of death | Paris |