George Wald

Scientist, Academic

1906 – 1997

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Who was George Wald?

George Wald was an American scientist who is best known for his work with pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.

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Born
Nov 18, 1906
New York City
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, Columbia University
    Zoology
    ( - 1932)
  • New York University
Employment
  • Harvard University
Lived in
  • Cambridge
    ( - 1997/04/12)
Died
Apr 12, 1997
Cambridge

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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