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Georg von Békésy
Full Name of the recipient | Georg von Békésy |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1961 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA |
Place of Birth | Budapest, Hungary HUN |
Date of Birth | 3 June 1899 |
Age at the time of Award | 61 years |
Place of Death | Honolulu, HI, United States USA |
Date of Death | 13 June 1972 |