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George Wald
1906-1997
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complete name  George Wald
nobel prize  medicine
award year  1967
together with  Ragnar Granit
together with  Haldan Keffer Hartline
prize share  Prize share: 1/3
rational  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1967 was awarded jointly to Ragnar Granit, Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye."
biography  Biography
laureate facts  Facts
laureate lecture  Lecture
given name  George
family name  Wald
occupation  physician
occupation  chemist
occupation  biologist
occupation  biochemist
occupation  neuroscientist
field of work  biochemistry
work location  Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America
description  George Wald was an American scientist who was 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.
image copyright  Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
image citation  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1967. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1967/summary/>
date birth  1906
date death  1997
usual name  George Wald