File:Hans_Selye.JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Hans Selye
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hans Hugo Selye, János Hugo Bruno
Austro-Hungarian Canadian endocrinologist
OverviewAI-generated
Hans Selye was a physician, endocrinologist, psychologist, and university teacher born in Vienna in 1907. He held citizenship in Canada, Austria, and Hungary, and worked in Austria–Hungary. Selye served as a professor at the Université de Montréal and was educated at Charles University, Johns Hopkins University, and McGill University. His professional fields included biochemistry, endocrinology, stress, and medicine.
He received the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame award and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Selye was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He authored 21 works, including *The Story of the Adaptation Syndrome*, *Stress Without Distress*, *Wolfgang Luthe Introductory Workshop*, and *Thrombohemorrhagic phenomena*. He died in Montreal in 1982.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Open Library. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Wolfgang Luthe Introductory Workshop
- THE STORY OF THE ADAPTATION SYNDROME
- Thrombohemorrhagic phenomena
- The Physiology and Pathology of Exposure to Stress. A treatise based on the concepts of the General-Adaptaton-Syndrome and the Diseases of Adaptation
- Stress Without Distress
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1907-01-26 ) January 26, 1907, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- October 16, 1982 (1982-10-16) (aged 75), Montreal, Quebec , Canada
- Other name
- Selye János (Hungarian)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Montreal
- Occupation
- physiologist
- Position held
- professor
- Employer
- Université de Montréal
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Field of work
- medicine
- Image
- Portrait Hans Selye.jpg
- Work location
- Austria–Hungary
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1907-01-26
- date of death
- 1982-10-16
- Commons category
- Hans Selye
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- name in native language
- Selye János
- name
- Hans Selye
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye (/ˈsɛljeɪ/; Hungarian: Selye János Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃɛjɛ]; January 26, 1907 – October 16, 1982) was a Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors. Although he did not recognize all of the many aspects of glucocorticoids, Selye was aware of their role in the stress response.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hans Selye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.