Jean Hamburger

French physician, surgeon and essayist

Jean Hamburger (15 July 1909 – 1 February 1992) was a French physician, surgeon and essayist. He is particularly known for his contribution to nephrology, and for having performed the first renal transplantation in France in 1952.²

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Born Jul 15, 1909, died Feb 1, 1992.¹

Companies

Fondation pour la Recherche MédicaleFounder¹⁸

Early life and education

Date not recordedLycée Carnot³
Date not recordedUniversity of Paris³

Career

Occupation: physician, researcher, essayist, immunologist, nephrologist, French resistance fighter, physician writer.¹⁰

1991 to 1992President of the French Academy of Sciences^{7 9}
1985 to 1992Member of the Académie française^{7 8}
Date not recordedWorked at French National Institute of Health and Medical Research^{4 5}
Date not recordedFounded Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale⁶

Personal life

BornJul 15, 1909, 8th arrondissement of Paris¹¹
DiedFeb 1, 1992, 18th arrondissement of Paris¹²
CitizenshipFrance¹³
SpouseAnnette Haas¹⁴

Hamburger married concert pianist Annette Haas and had 3 children: Michel, Bernard and Françoise. His son Michel was the well-known French singer-songwriter, Michel Berger. His grandson Raphael Hamburger is a French music supervisor.

In the 1950s, Hamburger contracted a lung infection which weakened him severely. He died on 1 February 1992 in Paris. Just six months later, on 2 August 1992, his son Michel Berger died suddenly of a massive heart attack.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jean Hamburger (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Awards

1989Prix Cazes^{8 15}
1985Henry Malherbe Prize^{15 17}
1979Prix mondial Cino Del Duca^{15 16}
Date not recordedCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎^{8 15}
Date not recordedGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour^{8 15}
Date not recordedGrand Officer of the National Order of Merit^{8 15}

Sources

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WikidataJean Hamburger on Wikidata
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WikipediaJean Hamburger on Wikipedia
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WikidataJean Hamburger: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataJean Hamburger: Worked at French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, on Wikidata
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WikidataWorked at French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, as reported
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WikidataJean Hamburger: Founded Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, on Wikidata
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WikidataJean Hamburger: Member of the Académie française, on Wikidata
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WikidataMember of the Académie française, as reported by academie-francaise.fr
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WikidataPresident of the French Academy of Sciences, as reported by French Academy of Sciences
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WikidataJean Hamburger: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataJean Hamburger: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataJean Hamburger: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataJean Hamburger: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataJean Hamburger: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataJean Hamburger: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported by academie-francaise.fr
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataFondation pour la Recherche Médicale, Founder