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Dickinson W. Richards
Full Name of the recipient | Dickinson W. Richards |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1956 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | André Frédéric Cournand (33.3%) Werner Forssmann (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Columbia University, New York, NY, USA |
Place of Birth | Orange, NJ, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 30 October 1895 |
Age at the time of Award | 60 years |
Place of Death | Lakeville, CT, United States USA |
Date of Death | 23 February 1973 |