Where did Claude Bernard receive his early schooling?

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Claude Bernard received his early education through the following steps:

  • He initially studied Latin with a local priest.1
  • He was subsequently enrolled in a Jesuit-conducted school at Villefranche, where he received no instruction in natural science.1
  • He completed his secondary schooling at Thoissey at the age of 18, though he did not receive a diploma.1

Following his secondary education, he was apprenticed to an apothecary in a suburb of Lyon before eventually moving to Paris to enroll in the Faculty of Medicine.1