[David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel, Nigel W. Daw: the creators of modern visual neurophysiology]

Klin Oczna. 1999;101(1):63-5.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Curriculum vitae as well as scientifical out-put of the Nobel Price winners--David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, and the Friedenwald Memorial Award laureate--Nigel Warwick Daw are described. D.H. Hubel was born in 1926 in Windsor, Canada. In 1951 he received a medical degree from McGill University. From 1955-1958 he worked at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, from 1958-1959 at Johns Hopkins University, and since 1959 at Harvard University. T.N. Wiesel was born in 1924 in Uppsala, Sweden. In 1954 he received a medical degree from Karolinska Institute. From 1955-1959 he worked at Johns Hopkins University, from 1959-1982 at Harvard University, and since 1983 at the Rockefeller University, New York. N.W. Daw was born in 1933 in London, England. In 1961 he received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Trinity College. In 1967 he became a doctor of philosophy in biophysics at Johns Hopkins University. From 1967-1969 he worked at Harvard University, from 1969-1992 at Washington University, and since 1992 at Yale University.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • Canada
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Neurophysiology / history*
  • Ophthalmology / history*
  • Visual Cortex / physiology

Personal name as subject

  • D H Hubel
  • T N Wiesel
  • N W Daw