David H. Hubel
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David Hunter Hubel FRS (February 27, 1926 – September 22, 2013) 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 (shared with Roger W. Sperry), 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.[4][5][6] In 1983, Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[7]
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Born | David Hunter Hubel (1926-02-27)February 27, 1926 Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
Died | September 22, 2013(2013-09-22) (aged 87) Lincoln, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Nationality | American-Canadian[1] |
Alma mater | McGill University |
Known for | Visual system |
Spouse |
Ruth Izzard (m. 1953) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurophysiologist |
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