David H. Hubel

1926 - 2013

Country of citizenship: Canada, United States of America

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Occupation: physician, neuroscientist, university teacher, neurologist

Award received: Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Dickson Prize in Medicine, Rosenstiel Award, Karl Spencer Lashley Award, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, Charles F. Prentice Medal, honorary doctorate from the McGill University, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Ralph W. Gerard Prize, honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, honorary doctor of the Ohio State University

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David Hunter Hubel (February 27, 1926 – September 22, 2013) was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with Roger W. Sperry), for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. For much of his career, Hubel worked as the Professor of Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School. In 1978, Hubel and Wiesel were awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. In 1983, Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. Source: Wikipedia (en)