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Hans Selye
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Austro-Hungarian Canadian endocrinologist
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Hans Selye (1907–1982) was a physician, endocrinologist, psychologist, and university teacher. Born in Vienna, he held citizenship in Canada, Austria, and Hungary. He worked in the fields of biochemistry, endocrinology, stress, and medicine, serving as a professor at the Université de Montréal. Selye was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He received the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame award.
Selye was educated at Charles University, Johns Hopkins University, and McGill University. He spoke French, English, German, and Hungarian, with German and Hungarian as his native languages. His work locations included Austria–Hungary. He died in Montreal.
Among his works are *The Story of the Adaptation Syndrome*, *Stress Without Distress*, and *Thrombohemorrhagic phenomena*. He is also associated with the *Wolfgang Luthe Introductory Workshop*.
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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
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1957-09-12
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,208x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,620x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,566x
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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)
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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
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- 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
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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
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