A Guide to the Boris Petrovich Babkin fonds
Collection Number: MS-13-62Processed by Heather McCorriston
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Title: Boris Petrovich Babkin fonds
Dates: 1934
Extent: 13 pages of textual records
Dr. Babkin was born in Kursk, Russia in 1877. In 1901 he continued his education with Post-graduate studies at the Military-Medical Academy in St. Petersburg. During this time he studied under Ivan P. Pavlov, working in his laboratory at the Institute of Experimental Medicine.
While studying Medical History and Physiology, Dr. Babkin worked under Pavlov until 1912. At this time he was appointed Chair of Animal Physiology at the Agricultural Institute of Novo Alexandria. In 1915 he was appointed Professor of Physiology at the University of Odessa.
Due to political reasons he left Russia in 1922 to London and later on to North America. He was appointed Professor of Physiology at Dalhousie University in 1924 and remained on staff until 1928. Dr. Babkin accepted the appointment of Research Professor of Physiology at McGill University in 1928 and held this position until 1946. During his tenure he was Department Chair (1940-1941) and Research Fellow of Physiology (1942-1947). In 1946 he was associated with the Montreal Neurological Institute and was a Research Fellow of Neurology at McGill. The year before his death in 1950 the American Gastroenterological Association awarded the Julius Friedenwal Medal.
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Accession 44-94. The records were donated by Glenn Carlson in 1994.
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The collection consists of a manuscript entitled "How I Came to Dalhousie."
[Identification of item], Boris Petrovich Babkin fonds, MS-13-62, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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