About Carl Gustaf Bernhard
Lived 1910 – 2001 (aged 90). Carl Gustaf Bernhard was a Swedish physician, neuroscientist and zoologist.
Carl Gustaf Bernhard (28 April 1910, Jakob parish, Stockholm Municipality – 13 January 2001, Lidingö parish) was a Swedish physician, neurophysiologist and academic. He was married to Gurli Lemon-Bernhard, opera singer and soprano. Together they had four children: Carl Johan, Pontus, Per and Blenda.
Early life He contracted tuberculosis as a youth. After years of treatment, he recovered. This experience led him to want to become a doctor.
He was awarded a Ph.D. in 1940 as a result of his dissertation on vision neurophysiology. His scientific work dealt mainly with the neurophysiology of the optic pathway and visual system, building on this early work.
Career He was a professor at the Karolinska Institute from 1948 through 1971.
Bernhard founded the Berzelius Society and published two books on Berzelius: 1985 – Med Berzelius bland franska snillen och slocknade vulkaner 1993 – Berzelius Europaresenären - bland forskare, prostar och poeter
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Swedish physician
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Carl Gustaf Bernhard was born on 28 April 1910 in Jakob parish.
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Carl Gustaf Bernhard died on 13 January 2001 in Lidingö Parish.
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Carl Gustaf Bernhard was a physician, neuroscientist and zoologist.
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Carl Gustaf Bernhard was Swedish.
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