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Also Known As	Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
Born	September 26, 1849 • Ryazan • Russia
Died	February 27, 1936 (aged 86) • St. Petersburg • Soviet Union
Awards And Honors	Copley Medal (1915) • Nobel Prize (1904)
Notable Works	“Lectures on the Work of the Digestive Glands”
Subjects Of Study	Pavlovian conditioning • conditioned reflex • nervous system • secretion

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