Bernardo Alberto Houssay (1887 - 1971)

Born 10 Apr 1887 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ancestors

Husband of María Angélica Catan — married about 22 Dec 1920 in Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died 21 Sep 1971 at age 84 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Biography

Bernardo Houssay is Notable.

Bernardo Houssay was born in Argentina

Bernardo Houssay has French origins.

Bernardo Houssay was an physiologist who became the first Latin American Nobel laureate in the sciences. In 1947, he won the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of glucose in animals, sharing the prize with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori.

Bernardo was born in 1887 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father Alberto Houssay was a French lawyer who had emigrated to Argentina. His mother was Clara Laffont. Bernardo was the fourth of eight children. His father taught high school as his education was not accepted in Argentina. In the 1895 census Bernardo (age 8) was in Sección 24, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina.^[1]

In 1920 Bernardo married María Angélica Catan Brizzolaro (1895-1962); a chemist. They had three sons who also pursued science careers.

He passed away in 1971. Bernardo was mentioned on a memorial in Cementerio de la Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina with a death date of 21 September 1971.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1895 Census: "Argentina, National Census, 1895"
   citing Sección 24, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina, district Ciudad de Buenos Aires, source piece 1591-1600, Archivos Nacionales (National Archives), Buenos Aires.
   FamilySearch Record: MWCP-TNR (accessed 25 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DKGS-H4S Image number 00281
   Bernardo Houssay (8) in Sección 24, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #6910764 (accessed 24 February 2023)
   Memorial page for Bernardo Alberto Houssay Famous memorial (10 Apr 1887-21 Sep 1971), citing Cementerio de la Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• Wikipedia entry for Bernardo Houssay

• Immigration: "Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965"
  citing 1947, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).
  FamilySearch Record: FFTJ-2WK (accessed 25 February 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6579-967 Image number 00092
  Name: Bernardo Alberto Houssay; Immigration Date: 1947; Immigration Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Birth Date: 10 Apr 1887; Birth Place: Buenos Aires; Marital Status: Married; Nationality: Argentina; Travel Children Flag: No; Misc Flag Travel Children Orig: No.