Walter Bradford Cannon
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1871 – 1945
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Who was Walter Bradford Cannon?
Walter Bradford Cannon, M.D. was an American physiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. He coined the term fight or flight response, and he expanded on Claude Bernard's concept of homeostasis. He popularized his theories in his book The Wisdom of the Body, first published in 1932.
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- Born
- Oct 19, 1871
Prairie du Chien - Also known as
- Walter B. Cannon
- Spouses
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- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard Medical School
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Wisconsin
- Died
- Oct 19, 1945
Franklin
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on July 23, 2013
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