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Paul Lauterbur

Paul Christian Lauterbur was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible.

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science · American chemist (1929–2007) · chemist · professor · physicist · biophysicist · researcher · also Paul Lauterbur, Paul Christian Lauterbur, Paul C. Lauterbur, Paul C Lauterbur, P. C. Lauterbur, P C Lauterbur

Born 6 May 1929 · Died 27 March 2007 · Q106547

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You could write the entire history of science in the last 50 years in terms of papers rejected by Science or Nature.
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Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007).
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2026· 1 entry

Aug 17, 2026Documented record76% confidence

“You could write the entire history of science in the last 50 years in terms of papers rejected by Science or Nature.”

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2018· 1 entry

Sep 5, 2018Documented record69% confidence

WSHU news: Paul Lauterbur, 'Father Of The MRI,' Receives Posthumous Engineering Award

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2012· 1 entry

Dec 21, 2012Documented record69% confidence

C&EN: Paul Lauterbur dies at 77

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2007· 6 entries

Jun 15, 2007Documented record84% confidence

Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007).

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May 18, 2007Documented record75% confidence

The Economist: Paul Lauterbur

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Mar 28, 2007Documented record69% confidence

Los Angeles Times: Paul Lauterbur, 77; ‘the father of MRI’

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Mar 27, 2007Documented record69% confidence

The Scientist: Paul Lauterbur dies

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Mar 27, 2007Documented record86% confidence

Died 2007-03-27.

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Mar 26, 2007Documented record69% confidence

The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus: Nobel winner Paul Lauterbur dies in Urbana

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2003· 3 entries

Dec 10, 2003Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging.

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Jun 15, 2003Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003).

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2003Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible

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2001· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2001Documented record84% confidence

Awarded NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society (2001).

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1994· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1994Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (1994).

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1993· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1993Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Dickson Prize in Science (1993).

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1990· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1990Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (1990).

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1989· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1989Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine (1989).

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1988· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1988Documented record84% confidence

Won National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1988).

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1987· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1987Documented record84% confidence

Won IEEE Medal of Honor (1987).

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Jun 15, 1987Documented record84% confidence

Won National Medal of Science (1987).

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Jun 15, 1987Documented record84% confidence

Awarded X-ray badge (1987).

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1986· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1986Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Harvey Prize (1986).

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Jan 1, 1986Documented record76% confidence

“… the attention of the medical community was first attracted by the report of Damadian that some animal tumors have remarkably long water proton relaxation times... I wondered whether there might be some way to noninvasively map out such quantities within the body.”

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1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

"… the attention of the medical community was first attracted by the report of Damadian that some animal tumors have remarkably long water proton relaxation times

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1985· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1985Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1985).

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Jun 15, 1985Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Kettering Prize (1985).

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1985Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Became a professor along with his wife Joan Dawson at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 22 years until his death in Urbana

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1984· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1984Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1984).

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1983· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics (1983).

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Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

Won Howard N. Potts Medal (1983).

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1962· 1 entry

1962Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

The following year Lauterbur accepted a position as associate professor at Stony Brook University

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1952· 1 entry

1952Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Which went to Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell, was for the development of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), the scientific principle behind MRI

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1929· 1 entry

May 6, 1929Documented record86% confidence

Born 1929-05-06.

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