Corneille Heymans

**Corneille Heymans**
	Corneille Heymans
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Born	28 March 1892; Ghent, Belgium
Died	18 July 1968 (aged 76); Knokke, Belgium;
Nationality	Belgium
Fields	Physiology
Institutions	Universiteit Gent
Alma mater	Universiteit Gent
Doctoral students	Paul Janssen
Known for	Vascular Presso- and Chemo-Receptors in Respiratory Control (blood pressure)
Notable awards	Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1938)

Corneille Jean François Heymans (March 28, 1892, Ghent, Belgium – July 18, 1968, Knokke, Belgium) was a Belgian physiologist. He studied at the prestigious Jesuit College of Sainte Barbe after which he proceeded to the University of Ghent. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938 for showing how blood pressure and oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain. He succeeded his father, Jean-François Heymans, at the Ghent University as a professor of pharmacology.

Heymans was married to Berthe May, an ophthalmologist. in 1929 and had four children. He died in Knokke from a stroke.

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Karl Grandin, ed. (1938). "Corneille Heymans Biography". Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1938/heymans-bio.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.

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Corneille Heymans

Born	28 March 1892(1892-03-28) Ghent, Belgium
Died	18 July 1968 (aged 76) Knokke, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium
Fields	Physiology
Institutions	Universiteit Gent
Alma mater	Universiteit Gent
Doctoral students	Paul Janssen
Known for	Vascular Presso- and Chemo-Receptors in Respiratory Control (blood pressure)
Notable awards	Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1938)