Claude Fortier
{{Short description|Canadian physiologist (1921–1986)}}
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| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec
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| death_place = Sainte-Foy, Quebec
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Claude Fortier {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC}} (June 11, 1921 – April 22, 1986) was a Canadian physiologist and expert on the pituitary gland. From 1974 to 1975, he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada.
Honours
- In 1970, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.{{OCC|1969}}
- In 1980, he was awarded the Quebec government's Prix Marie-Victorin.{{cite web|url=http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.php?noLaureat=153|title=Prix Marie-Victorin citation}}
- In 1998, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.cdnmedhall.org/dr-claude-fortier|title=Claude Fortier citation|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526102851/http://www.cdnmedhall.org/dr-claude-fortier|archivedate=2011-05-26}}
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Category:Canadian physiologists
Category:Companions of the Order of Canada
Category:Academic staff of Université Laval
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