# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-bradford-cannon
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:46:12.556Z

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name: "Walter Bradford Cannon"
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description: "Walter Bradford Cannon was an American physiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. He coined the term \"fight or flight response\", and developed the theory of homeostasis. He popularized his theories in his book The Wisdom of the Body, first published in 1932."
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birthDate: "1871-10-19"
deathDate: "1945-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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