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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1940s (43) 1944 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1888 (9) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Midwestern states (70) Wisconsin (7) Platteville (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1960s (49) 1963 (1) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New York (38) New York City (24) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) G (47) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) H (38) Herbert (5) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 57 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) New York (49) New York (39) Rockefeller University (17) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) London (82) University College London (33) Short-term academic staff (14) North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) Maryland (46) Baltimore (36) Johns Hopkins University (36) Alumni (16) Midwestern states (201) Missouri (24) St. Louis (24) Washington University (24) Long-term academic staff (14) Wisconsin (25) University of Wisconsin (25) Madison (25) University of Wisconsin-Madison (25) Alumni (13) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) Ithaca (58) Cornell University (58) Long-term academic staff (18) New York City (168) Rockefeller University (36) Long-term academic staff (26) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Philosophical Society (126) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) complete name: Herbert Spencer Gasser nobel prize: medicine award year: 1944 together with: Joseph Erlanger prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944 was awarded jointly to Joseph Erlanger and Herbert Spencer Gasser "for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Herbert family name: Gasser occupation: physician occupation: psychologist occupation: university teacher occupation: physiologist field of work: neurophysiology work location: Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO, 63130-4899, United States of America description: Herbert Spencer Gasser was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, awarded jointly with Joseph Erlanger. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1944/summary/> date birth: 1888 date death: 1963 usual name: Herbert Gasser
