Walter B. Cannon
| Walter Bradford Cannon | |
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| Born |
October 19, 1871 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin |
| Died | October 1, 1945 (aged 73) Franklin, New Hampshire |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physiology |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School |
| Education |
Harvard University (1896) Harvard Medical School (1900, M.D.) |
| Known for |
Homeostasis Fight or flight X ray experiments Cannon–Bard theory Voodoo death |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society,Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA Member of National Academy of Sciences, USSR |
| Spouse | Cornelia James Cannon |
Walter Bradford Cannon (October 19, 1871 – October 1, 1945) 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. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Cannon as the 81st most cited scholar of the 20th century in technical psychology journals, introductory psychology textbooks, and survey responses.
Cannon was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on October 19, 1871, the son of Colbert Hanschett Cannon and his wife Wilma Denio.
In his autobiography The Way of an Investigator, Cannon counts himself among the descendents of Jacques de Noyon, a French Canadian explorer and coureur des bois. His Calvinist family was intellectually active, including readings from James Martineau, John Fiske (philosopher), and James Freeman Clarke. Cannon's curiosity also led him to Thomas Henry Huxley, John Tyndall, George Henry Lewes, and William Kingdon Clifford. A high school teacher, Mary Jeannette Newson, became his mentor. "Miss May" Newson motivated and helped him take his academic skills to Harvard University.
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