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Auguste Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and former eugenicist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. He is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory. Forel is also known for his early contributions to sexology and psychology. From 1978 until 2000 Forel's image appeared on the 1000 Swiss franc banknote.
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science · Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (1848–1931) · entomologist · psychiatrist · neurologist · Esperantist · myrmecologist · philosopher · non-fiction writer · university teacher · temperance worker · scientific collector · also Auguste Forel, Forel, Auguste Henri Forel, Auguste-Henri Forel
Born 1 September 1848 · Died 27 July 1931 · Q22530
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2026· 2 entries
Nature: Auguste Forel and Alcoholism
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Initiation Strategies for Renal-Replacement Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 1,016 times.
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2010· 1 entry
Published “Neuromuscular Blockers in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 2,013 times.
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1931· 2 entries
And was cremated in Lausanne two days later
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Died 1931-07-27.
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1922· 1 entry
Started a Baháʼí group in Lausanne expounding his own agnostic and leftist ideas in addition to defending the Faith
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1920· 1 entry
Became a member of the Baháʼí Faith, abandoning his former racist and socialist views, writing in his will and testament:
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1919· 1 entry
Forel hired the well-known animal painter Erich W
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1914· 1 entry
Forel was a good friend of the well-known British entomologist Horace Donisthorpe, with whom he stayed in Switzerland; his ardent socialist views frequently caused political arguments between the two
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1912· 2 entries
Forel suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right side in 1912, but he taught himself to write with his left hand and was able to continue his studies.
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But he taught himself to write with his left hand and was able to continue his studies
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1903· 1 entry
Forel and his family moved to live in his home, La Fourmiliere, in Yvorne near Lake Geneva
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1898· 1 entry
Forel was credited with discovering trophallaxis among ants
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1886· 1 entry
Forel removed the antennas of a large number of ants of different species, then placed them in a box in order to observe their behaviour
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1879· 1 entry
Accepted an appointment as professor of psychiatry at University of Zurich Medical School
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1877· 1 entry
Described the nuclear and fibrillar organization of the tegmental region which is now known as Campus Foreli
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1873· 1 entry
Moved to Germany to assist Gudden at his Munich Kreis-Irrenanstalt
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1871· 1 entry
Went to Vienna and studied under Theodor Meynert (1833-1892), where he did his first comparative study of the thalamus
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1866· 1 entry
Began his studies at the University of Zurich's medical school
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1848· 2 entries
Born 1848-09-01.
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In a villa La Gracieuse, at Morges, on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, to Victor Forel a pious Swiss Calvinist and Pauline Morin, a French Huguenot he was brought up in a protective household
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