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David H. Hubel
David Hunter Hubel was an American 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, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. For much of his career, Hubel worked as the Professor of Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins Universi…
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science · Canadian neurophysiologist (1926–2013) · physician · neuroscientist · university teacher · neurologist · also David H. Hubel, David Hunter Hubel, D. H. Hubel, D H Hubel, D. Hubel, D Hubel
Born 27 February 1926 · Died 22 September 2013 · Q295644
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (2006).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience (1995).
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1993· 3 entries
Awarded Ralph W. Gerard Prize (1993).
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Won Charles F. Prentice Medal (1993).
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“The Impact and Promise of the Cognitive Revolution”
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1983· 1 entry
Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1982).
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1981· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981).
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Hubel became a founding member of the World Cultural Council
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Dickson Prize in Medicine (1980).
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1978· 2 entries
Awarded Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1978).
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Hubel and Wiesel were awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1977).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Rosenstiel Award (1971).
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1964· 1 entry
“Evolution of the Human Brain”
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1959· 1 entry
Inserted a microelectrode into the primary visual cortex of an anesthetized cat
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1958· 1 entry
Hubel moved to Johns Hopkins and began his collaborations with Wiesel, and discovered orientation selectivity and columnar organization in the visual cortex
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1954· 1 entry
Hubel moved to the United States to work at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as an assistant resident in Neurology
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1951· 1 entry
And followed that with three years of residency (a year of internship and two of residency in neurology) at the Montreal General Hospital
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1929· 1 entry
His family moved to Montreal, where he spent his formative years
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-02-27.
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