George Wald
American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate (1906-1997) · United States · Scientists · Died at 90
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Something wrong?George Wald was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
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1997Died12 April 19971968Honorary Doctor of the University of RennesAward1967Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1966Frederic Ives MedalAward1959Rumford PrizeAward1953Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAward1906Born18 November 1906
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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1997 · aged 90
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