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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1910s (40) 1913 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1850s (38) 1850 (2) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Paris (22) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1930s (37) 1935 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Paris (25) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) C (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) R (44) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) C (27) Charles (12) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 64 (34) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) France (32) Paris (23) Sorbonne University (7) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) University of Paris (50) Alumni (42) Long-term academic staff (21) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) Academy of Sciences of Turin (33) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) R-T (460) R (448) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) S (49) Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences (19) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards O-P (364) P (242) prix de poésie de l'Académie française (1) complete name: Charles Robert Richet nobel prize: medicine award year: 1913 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913 was awarded to Charles Robert Richet "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Charles Robert Richet given name: Charles family name: Richet pseudonym: Charles Epheyre occupation: physician occupation: psychologist occupation: Esperantist occupation: physiologist field of work: physiology field of work: medicine work location: Collège de France, Paris, Sorbonne, France description: Charles Robert Richet was a French physiologist who initially investigated a variety of subjects such as neurochemistry, digestion, thermoregulation in homeothermic animals, and breathing. He won the Nobel Prize "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis" in 1913. He also presided over the French Eugenics Society from 1920 to 1926. Richet devoted many years to the study of paranormal and spiritualist phenomena, coining the term "ectoplasm". image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1913/summary/> date birth: 1850 date death: 1935 usual name: Charles Richet