digitized sources in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Essay on Emil du Bois-Reymond at The MIT Press Reader 1818 births 1896 deaths German neuroscientists German people of French descent German untitled nobility German physiologists Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Philosophers of mind Scientists from Berlin People from the Province of Brandenburg University of Bonn alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Foreign Members of the Royal Society Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Französisches Gymnasium Berlin alumni