Godfrey Hounsfield
English electrical engineer (1919-2004) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 84
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield was a British electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan MacLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of X-ray computed tomography (CT).
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2007National Inventors Hall of FameAward2004Died12 August 20041980Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of SurgeonsAwardX-ray badgeAward1979Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1977Howard N. Potts MedalAwardJohn Scott AwardAwardMullard AwardAward1976Canada Gairdner International AwardAwardDennis Gabor Medal and PrizeAward1975Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAward1974Wilhelm Exner MedalAward1919Born28 August 1919
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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2004 · aged 84
