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WalterBradfordCannon
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WalterBradfordCannon(October19,1871
October1,1945)wasanAmericanphysiologist,
professorandchairmanoftheDepartmentof
PhysiologyatHarvardMedicalSchool.Hecoinedthe
termfightorflightresponse,andheexpandedon
ClaudeBernard'sconceptofhomeostasis.He
popularizedhistheoriesinhisbookTheWisdomof
theBody,firstpublishedin1932.

WalterBradfordCannon

Contents
1Biography
2Work
2.1Scientificcontributions
3Publication
4References
5Furtherreading

Born

October19,1871
PrairieduChien,Wisconsin

Died

October1,1945(aged73)
Franklin,NewHampshire

Nationality

American

Fields

Physiology

Institutions

HarvardMedicalSchool

Almamater

HarvardMedicalSchool

Knownfor

Homeostasis
Fightorflight
Xrays
CannonBardtheory
Voodoodeath

6Externallinks

Biography
CannonwasborninPrairieduChien,Wisconsinon
October19,1871.

InhisautobiographyTheWayofanInvestigator,
Cannoncountshimselfamongthedescendentsof
JacquesdeNoyon.HisCalvinistfamilywas
Notableawards FellowoftheRoyalSociety[1]
intellectuallyactive,includingreadingsfromJames
Martineau,JohnFiske(philosopher),andJames
FreemanClarke.Cannon'scuriosityalsoleadhimtoThomasHenryHuxley,JohnTyndall,George
HenryLewes,andWilliamKingdonClifford.[2]Ahighschoolteacher,MaryJeannetteNewson,became
hismentor."MissMay"NewsonmotivatedandhelpedhimtakehisacademicskillstoHarvard
University.[3]
In1896,hisfirstyearatHarvard,hestartedworkinginBowditch'sLab,[4]andin1900hereceivedhis
medicaldegree.
Aftergraduation,CannonwashiredbyHarvardtoinstructintheDepartmentofPhysiology.Hewasa
closefriendofthephysicistG.W.PiercetheyfoundedtheWichtClubwithotheryounginstructorsfor
socialandprofessionalpurposes.In1906CannonbecameHigginsonProfessorandchairmanofthe
DepartmentofPhysiologyatHarvardMedicalSchool,apositionhehelduntil1942.From1914to1916
hewasalsoPresidentoftheAmericanPhysiologicalSociety.
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