Carlson, Anton Julius
Born: Jan 29, 1875 AD
Died: 1956 AD, at 81 years of age.
Nationality:
American
Categories:
Physiologist
1875 - Carlson was born in Sweden on the 29th of January.
1902-1904 - He received a doctorate in physiology at Stanford and began working at the University of Chicago.
- He conducted experiments on Fred Vlcek, similar to those conducted on Alexis St. Martin by William Beaumont, regarding his gastric fistula.
1916 - Carlson became chairman of the physiology department at the University of Chicago.
1923-1925 - Carlson was president of the American Physiological Society.
1944 - Carlson was president of the AAAS.
1953 - Carlson was the first person to receive the American Humanist Association's Humanist of the Year award.
1956 - He died on the 2nd of September.
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