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Charles Richet

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Also known as Charles Robert Richet, Robert-Charles Richet, Charles Épheyre

French physiologist and parapsychologist (1850-1935)

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Charles Richet was a French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize. He was born in 1850 and died in 1935. Richet also used the pseudonym Charles Epheyre. His literary output includes works such as *démoniaques D'aujourd'hui*, *démoniaques D'autrefois*, *Poisons of the Intelligence*, *Souvenirs d'un Physiologiste*, and *Metapsychical Phenomena*.

Records indicate that Richet is associated with five works according to Crossref, eight according to Europeana, and fourteen according to Open Library. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Medicine collection. Additionally, his name appears in 337 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

  • démoniaques D'aujourd'hui
  • démoniaques D'autrefois
  • Poisons of the Intelligence
  • Souvenirs d'un Physiologiste
  • Metapsychical Phenomena

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

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Person

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1913

    in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis

Works in European collections

8 objects attributed to Charles Richet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Charles Robert Richet ( French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ʁɔbɛʁ ʁiʃɛ]; 25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis". Richet devoted many years to the study of paranormal and spiritualist phenomena, coining the term "ectoplasm". He believed in the inferiority of black people, was a proponent of eugenics, and presided over the French Eugenics Society towards the end of his life. The Richet line of professorships of medical science continued through his son Charles and his grandson Gabriel. Gabriel Richet was also one of the pioneers of European nephrology.

Career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charles Richet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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