Died 1972-06-13.
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Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist.
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Born 3 June 1899 · Died 13 June 1972 · Q238716
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Died 1972-06-13.
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Awarded honorary doctor of Semmelweis University (1969).
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Was invited to lead a research laboratory of sense organs in Honolulu, Hawaii
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Was elected a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1961).
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Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the function of the cochlea in the mammalian hearing organ
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Won Howard Crosby Warren Medal (1955).
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Moved to the United States, working at Harvard University until 1966
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Left Hungary to follow this line of research at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden
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Won Silver Leibniz medal (1937).
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Studied at Eötvös Loránd University, doctorate (1923).
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Studied at University of Bern (1921).
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Born 1899-06-03.
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