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Charles Richet

Born on August 25, 1850

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The 177th anniversary falls on August 25, 2027, in 305 days.

Charles Robert Richet (French pronunciation:; 25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis".

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