David H. Hubel

Also known as David Hunter Hubel, D. H. Hubel, D H Hubel, D. Hubel, D Hubel, D H HUBEL, David Hubel, Hubel DH

Canadian neurophysiologist

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David H. Hubel appears in Vinony's Nobel Prize in Medicine collection — one of 233 entries. It also appears in Nobel Laureates.

Within Vinony's link graph, David H. Hubel is referenced by 593 other articles, and connects out to Roger Sperry, Torsten Nils Wiesel and visual cortex.

It is catalogued under topics including 1926 births, 2013 deaths and Canadian expatriate academics in the United States.

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Brain and visual perception
The Brain
Eye, Brain, and Vision (Scientific American Library, No 22)
Eye, Brain, and Vision Scientific American Library Series, No 22 RUSSIAN LANGUAGE EDITION
Eye, brain, and vision

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Key facts

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.
Alma mater: McGill University
Known for: Visual system
Spouse: Ruth Izzard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 )
Awards: Rosenstiel Award (1971) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1977) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1978) Dickson Prize (1980) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981) ForMemRS (1982) Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience (1993)
Fields: Neurophysiologist
Institutions: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Harvard University

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1981
“for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Canada
Place of birth: Windsor
Place of death: Lincoln
Occupation: neurologist
Employer: Johns Hopkins University
Languages spoken: English language
Doctoral student: Carla J. Shatz
Field of work: neurophysiology
Image: DHUBEL.jpg

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member of: American Philosophical Society
date of birth: 1926-02-27
date of death: 2013-09-22
cause of death: kidney failure
name in native language: David Hunter Hubel
Commons category: David H. Hubel
place of burial: Mount Royal Cemetery
manner of death: natural causes
interested in: neurophysiology

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Encyclopedic overview

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. In 1983, Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.

Early life and education

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