David Hubel

David Hubel
Born	David Hunter Hubel (1926-02-27)February 27, 1926 Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Died	September 22, 2013(2013-09-22) (aged 87) Lincoln, Massachusetts, US
Nationality	American-Canadian[1]
Alma mater	McGill University
Known for	Visual system
Spouse	Ruth Izzard ​ (m. 1953)​
Awards	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1978) Dickson Prize (1980) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981) ForMemRS (1982)[2][3]
Scientific career
Fields	Neurophysiologist
Institutions	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Harvard University

David Hunter Hubel FRS (February 27, 1926 – September 22, 2013) was a Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with Roger W. Sperry), for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. ^[4] He was a Professor of Neurobiology Emeritus at Harvard Medical School.

1. ↑ "David H. Hubel - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
2. ↑ "Fellowship of the Royal Society 1660-2015". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15.
3. ↑ Wurtz, Robert H. (2016). "David Hunter Hubel. 27 February 1926 — 22 September 2013". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 62. London: Royal Society: 233–246. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0022. S2CID 64537311.
4. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.