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Nathaniel Kleitman

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American sleep researcher (1895-1999)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1895 to 1999 · aged 104
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Nathaniel Kleitman was an American physiologist and sleep researcher who served as Professor Emeritus in Physiology at the University of Chicago. He is recognized as the father of modern sleep research, and is the author of the seminal 1939 book Sleep and Wakefulness.

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1966Thomas William Salmon Medal

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1895 to 1999 · aged 104
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