George Wald
Nobel Prize-winning American Scientist and Activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Wald (November 18, 1906 – April 12, 1997) 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.[1]
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Born | George Wald (1906-11-18)November 18, 1906 |
Died | April 12, 1997(1997-04-12) (aged 90) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | New York University Columbia University |
Known for | Pigments in the retina Wald's visual cycle |
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Children | 4 |
Awards | Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (1939) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1953) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1967) |
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Fields | Neurobiology |
Institutions | Harvard University University of Chicago |
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In 1970, Wald predicted that “civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”[2][3][4]