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Jan 31, 1903 La Louvière, Wallonia, Belgium Died on 12 Jul 1983 (aged 80)
radiobiologist, inventor
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About Zénon Bacq
- Zénon Bacq (31 December 1903 in La Louvière – 12 July 1983 in Fontenoy) was a Belgian radiobiologist and inventor.
- He studied medicine at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and became an MD in 1927.
- He studied at Harvard University (1929–1930), with a grant from the FNRS.
- He taught animal physiology, pathology, as well as pharmacology and radiobiology at the University of Liège (ULg). While studying the chemical transmissions of nerve impulses, he invented processes to guard himself against ionizing radiations.
- In 1948 he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Biological and Medical Sciences.
