Wilder Penfield
Neurosurgery, Physician
1891 – 1976
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Who was Wilder Penfield?
Wilder Graves Penfield, OM, CC, CMG, FRS was a Canadian neurosurgeon. During his life he was called "the greatest living Canadian". He devoted much thinking to the functionings of the mind, and continued until his death to contemplate whether there was any scientific basis for the existence of the human soul.
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1891
Spokane - Also known as
- Dr. Wilder Penfield
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- University of Oxford
- Merton College, Oxford
- Johns Hopkins University
- Employment
- McGill University
- Died
- Apr 5, 1976
Montreal
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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