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Godfrey N. Hounsfield

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Godfrey N. Hounsfield
Full Name
of the recipient		Godfrey N. Hounsfield
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1979
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withAllan M. Cormack (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for the development of computer assisted tomography
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Central Research Laboratories, EMI, London, United Kingdom
Place of BirthNewark, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Birth28 August 1919
Age
at the time of Award		59 years
Place of DeathKingston upon Thames, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Death12 August 2004
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