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Marc Tiffeneau

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Marc Tiffeneau
Marc Tiffeneau
Born(1873-11-05)November 5, 1873
DiedMay 20, 1945(1945-05-20)(aged 71)
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole de pharmacie de Paris
Known forTiffeneau-Demjanov rearrangement
AwardsPrix Jecker, of theAcadémie des Sciences(1911 and 1923)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry,Pharmacology
InstitutionsFaculté de Pharmacie de Paris
Faculté de Médecine de Paris
Hôpitaux de Paris
Académie des Sciences
Académie de Médecine

Marc Émile Pierre Adolphe Tiffeneau(November 5, 1873 – May 20, 1945) was a Frenchchemistwho co-discovered theTiffeneau-Demjanov rearrangement.

In 1899 he graduated from the École de pharmacie de Paris, and afterwards began work as apharmacyintern in Paris hospitals. In 1904 he was named chief pharmacist at theHôpital Boucicaut,[1]and from 1927, worked in a similar capacity at theHôtel-Dieu de Paris.From 1926 to 1944 he was a professor ofpharmacologyto the faculty of medicine at theSorbonne.[2]

He also sat as one of the four members of theDrug Supervisory Body(predecessor of theInternational Narcotics Control Board) from 1933 until his death.[3][4]

Tiffeneau received his Ph.D in sciences in 1907 and his Ph.D in medicine in 1910.[2]He was a member of theAcadémie Nationale de Médecine(from 1927), dean to the faculty of medicine (1937) and a member of theAcadémie des Sciences(from 1939).[1]At the time of his death in 1945 he was president of theSociété chimique de France.[citation needed]

Selected works

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  • Le système nerveux autonome sympathique et parasympathique,1923; (translation ofJohn Newport Langley).
  • Abrégé de pharmacologie,1926, 7th edition 1947.
  • Les Amines biologiques,1934; (preface by Tiffeneau).[5]
  • Vade-mecum de médecine pratique,1940.[2]

References

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  • S. (1945). "Nekrologe".Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.1(5): 125.doi:10.1007/BF02152975.
  • Alex McKenzie (1945)."Prof. Marc Tiffeneau".Nature.156(3970): 656–657.Bibcode:1945Natur.156..656M.doi:10.1038/156656a0.
  1. ^abMarc Pierre Emile TIFFENEAU (1873-1945)Société d'Histoire de la Pharmacie
  2. ^abcTIFFENEAU Marc Émile Pierre AdolpheSociétés savantes de France
  3. ^League of Nations.(1939).Organisation d’Hygiène. Rapport au Conseil sur les travaux de la Trentième Session du Comité d’Hygiène (Genève, 4 au 6 mai 1939)[C.136.M.87.1939.III]. Geneva: League of Nations. p. 6
  4. ^"Dangerous Drugs in 1946: Estimated World Requirements." (1946, March 30).Australasian Journal of Pharmacy,pp. 174–175. Retrieved fromhttps://ajp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Vol027-1946-Mar-0167-0252.pdf
  5. ^IDREF.frbibliography