Charles Bell
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a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. He is noted for discovering the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal cord.
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Born
12 November 1774 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
28 April 1842 (aged 67) Hallow, Worcestershire, England
Nationality
Scottish
Known for
authority on the human nervous system
Fields
Anatomy
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
Awards
Royal Medal (1829)
Institutions
Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1799–) Practising surgeon, London (1804–) Principal Lecturer, Great Windmill Street School of Anatomy (1812–25) Lectured at Middlesex Hospital etc (1812–36) Professor
adultbasic
Britain
era
1800+