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Wilder Penfield

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Also known as Wilder Graves Penfield

Canadian neurosurgeon, college football player and coach (1891–1976)

Person · Open Library

Born
1891
Died
1976
Works
33

Top works

  • The human brain and the learning of secondary languages
  • Oriental renaissance in education and medicine
  • Speech and brain-mechanisms
  • Mémoires
  • Speech and Brain Mechanisms

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Listeners
3
Total plays
5

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Canada
Place of birth
Spokane
Place of death
Montréal-Nord
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Academic degree
doctorate
Doctoral advisor
Otfrid Foerster
Field of work
neurosurgery
Image
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date of birth
1891-01-26
date of death
1976-04-05
Commons gallery
Wilder Penfield
cause of death
stomach cancer
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Wilder Penfield
name in native language
Wilder Graves Penfield
writing language
English language
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