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George Wald (* 18. November 1906 in New York , USA ; † 12. April 1997 in Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA) war ein US-amerikanischer Biologe, Physiologe , Biochemiker und Nobelpreisträger .
George Wald (November 18, 1906 – April 12, 1997) was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
Biographical. George Wald was born in New York City on November 18th, 1906, of immigrant parents, Isaac, who had come from a village near Przemysl, in what was then Austrian Poland, and Ernestine Rosenmann, from a small village near Munich, in Bavaria.
12. Apr. 1997 · George Wald. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1967. Born: 18 November 1906, New York, NY, USA. Died: 12 April 1997, Cambridge, MA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye”
15. Apr. 2024 · George Wald (born Nov. 18, 1906, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died April 12, 1997, Cambridge, Mass.) was an American biochemist who received (with Haldan K. Hartline of the United States and Ragnar Granit of Sweden) the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1967 for his work on the chemistry of vision.
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Learn about George Wald, a Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine for his work on photoreception and a prominent anti-war activist. Explore his life, career, achievements, and legacy at Harvard Square Library.
He considered his political actions as part of being a biologist: one who is concerned with life. George Wald was born in New York City on November 18, 1906. The son of immigrant parents, he grew up in Brooklyn in a working-class neighborhood. His mother was from Germany, his father from Poland.
