Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov
1829–1905
Russian physiologist, chemist, psychologist. Studied medicine at Moscow, 1850–6, then at a number of German universities. Professor, St Petersburg medico-surgical academy, 1860–70; Odessa, 1871–6; St Petersburg, 1876–88; Moscow, 1891–1901. Founded the first Russian school of physiology. Active in the struggle for women’s rights.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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