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George Wald
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George Wald was an American biologist and biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking discoveries about how the human eye processes light and vision. His work fundamentally advanced our understanding of the biological mechanisms behind sight, one of our most important senses.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1967
“for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye”
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- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Wald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- researcher
- Educated at
- Brooklyn Technical High School
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- physiology
- Image
- George Wald 1987.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1906-11-18
- date of death
- 1997-04-12
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- George Wald
- name in native language
- George Wald
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- physiology
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
In 1970, Wald predicted that “civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”
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