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David H. Hubel

Canadian neurophysiologist · Canada · Doctors · Lived 1926 to 2013 · aged 87

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David Hunter Hubel was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.

A life in dates

2013Died22 September 20132006Canadian Medical Hall of FameAward1995George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive NeuroscienceAward1993Charles F. Prentice MedalAwardRalph W. Gerard PrizeAward1982Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1981Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1980Dickson Prize in MedicineAward1978Louisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAward1977Karl Spencer Lashley AwardAward1971Rosenstiel AwardAward1926Born27 February 1926

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Awards

Canadian Medical Hall of Fame2006
George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience1995
Charles F. Prentice Medal1993
Ralph W. Gerard Prize1993
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1982
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1981
Dickson Prize in Medicine1980
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize1978
Karl Spencer Lashley Award1977
Rosenstiel Award1971
Honorary Doctorate from the McGill University
Honorary Doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
Honorary Doctor of the Ohio State University

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David Hunter Hubel was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. For much of his career, Hubel worked as the Professor of Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School. In 1978, Hubel and Wiesel were awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. In 1983, Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.

Country
Canada
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2013 · aged 87

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