Zénon Bacq (31 December 1903 in La Louvière – 12 July 1983 in Fontenoy) was a

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radiobiologist and inventor. He studied medicine at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and became an MD in 1927. He studied at

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(1929–1930), with a grant from the FNRS. He taught animal physiology, pathology, as well as pharmacology and radiobiology at the

University of Liège The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...

(ULg). While studying the chemical transmissions of nerve impulses, he invented processes to guard himself against ionizing radiations. In 1948 he was awarded the

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on Biological and Medical Sciences.

Honours

* 3.7.1971: Member of the

Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, sometimes referred to as ') is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Comm ...

.Index biographique des membres et associés de l'Académie royale de Belgique (1769–2005)

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Zenon Bacq
(in French) 1903 births 1983 deaths People from La Louvière Belgian physicians Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium Walloon people Harvard University alumni Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni University of Liège faculty Walloon movement activists {{Belgium-scientist-stub