Dickinson W. Richards

Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (October 30, 1895 – February 23, 1973) was an American physician and physiologist.

Dickinson W. Richards
Born	Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (1895-10-30)October 30, 1895[1] Orange, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Died	February 23, 1973(1973-02-23) (aged 77) Lakeville, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality	American
Known for	Cardiac catheterization
Scientific career
Fields	medicine physiology
Institutions	Columbia University Bellevue Hospital Presbyterian Hospital

He is best known for the research he did on the development of cardiac catheterization as well as the characterization of a number of cardiac diseases.^[1]

Awards and recognition

He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 "for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system". He shared the prize with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann.^[1]

He died in Lakeville, Connecticut on February 23, 1973.^[2]