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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 1940s (43) 1947 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1887 (7) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth South America (12) Argentina (4) Buenos Aires (3) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1971 (9) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death South America (6) Argentina (4) Buenos Aires (4) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) B (24) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) H (72) 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) 61 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens South America (9) Argentina (5) 39. Worked for Medical Organization 39. Worked for Medical Organization South America (2) Argentina (2) Buenos Aires (1) Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University South America (2) Argentina (2) Buenos Aires (2) Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires (2) Alumni (2) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL (36) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) B (102) Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine (5) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards G-H (389) G (254) Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (2) I-J (268) J (208) James Cook Medal (4) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) K-L (297) K (173) Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (14) complete name: Bernardo Alberto Houssay nobel prize: medicine award year: 1947 together with: Carl Ferdinand Cori together with: Gerty Cori prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 was divided, one half jointly to Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen" and the other half to Bernardo Alberto Houssay "for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Bernardo family name: Houssay occupation: physician occupation: pharmacist occupation: chemist occupation: entomologist field of work: physiology work location: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina description: Bernardo Alberto Houssay was born in Buenos Aires, to émigrés from France, Albert and Clara Houssay. A precocious youngster, he was admitted to the Pharmacy School at the University of Buenos Aires at 14 years of age and subsequently to the Medical School of the same University from 1904 to 1910, beginning when he was only 17 years old. While a third year medical student, Houssay took up a post as a research and teaching assistant in the Chair of Physiology. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1947/summary/> date birth: 1887 date death: 1971 usual name: Bernardo Houssay
