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Auguste-Henri Forel (1 September 1848 – 27 July 1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and eugenicist,〔http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/horizonte/Horizonte_gesamt/Horizons_72_F.pdf〕 notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory.〔'Neuron theory, the cornerstone of neuroscience, on the centenary of the Nobel Prize award to Santiago Ram´on y Cajal' Francisco L´opez-Mu˜noz, Jes´us Boya, Cecilio Alamoa. ''Brain Research Bulletin'' 70 (2006) 391–405〕 Forel is also known for his early contributions to sexology and psychology. From 1978 until 2000 Forel’s image appeared on the 1000 Swiss franc banknote. ==Biography== Born in villa ''La Gracieuse'', Morges, Switzerland, Forel had a diverse and mixed career as a thinker on many subjects. He was appointed professor of psychiatry in 1879 at the University of Zurich Medical School. He not only ran the Burghölzli asylum there, but continued to publish papers on insanity, prison reform, and social morality. Forel named his home as ''La Fourmilière'' —the Ant Colony.〔Sleigh, Charlotte (2007) Six legs better : a cultural history of myrmecology. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-8445-4〕 Around 1900 Forel was a eugenicist.〔(The Survival of the Fittest, Chapter II )〕 Forel suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right side in 1912, but he taught himself to write with his left hand and was able to continue his studies. By 1914 he was a good friend of the eminent British entomologist Horace Donisthorpe, with whom he stayed in Switzerland;〔''The Entomologist's Record'', vol XXV, Nos 1-2 (1915)〕 his ardent socialist views frequently caused political arguments between the two. After hearing of the religion from his son in law, in 1920 he became a member of the Bahá'í Faith, abandoning his earlier racist and socialist views saying, In 1921 he received a letter from `Abdu'l-Bahá about the differences between the mineral, vegetable, animal and human worlds, the spiritual nature of man and proofs of the existence of God.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Dr. Forel )〕 He died in Yvorne at age 82. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auguste Forel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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