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Also known as David Hunter Hubel, D. H. Hubel, D H Hubel, D. Hubel, D Hubel, D H HUBEL, David Hubel, Hubel DH

Canadian neurophysiologist

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  • Brain and visual perception
  • The Brain
  • Eye, Brain, and Vision (Scientific American Library, No 22)
  • Eye, Brain, and Vision Scientific American Library Series, No 22 RUSSIAN LANGUAGE EDITION
  • Eye, brain, and vision

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Key facts

Born
David Hunter Hubel , ( 1926-02-27 ) February 27, 1926, Windsor, Ontario , Canada
Died
September 22, 2013 (2013-09-22) (aged 87), Lincoln, Massachusetts , U.S.
Alma mater
McGill University
Known for
Visual system
Spouse
Ruth Izzard ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ) ​
Awards
Rosenstiel Award (1971) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1977) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1978) Dickson Prize (1980) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981) ForMemRS (1982) Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience (1993)
Fields
Neurophysiologist
Institutions
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Harvard University

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1981

    “for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system”

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Canada
Place of birth
Windsor
Place of death
Lincoln
Occupation
neurologist
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral student
Carla J. Shatz
Field of work
neurophysiology
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DHUBEL.jpg
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date of birth
1926-02-27
date of death
2013-09-22
cause of death
kidney failure
name in native language
David Hunter Hubel
Commons category
David H. Hubel
place of burial
Mount Royal Cemetery
manner of death
natural causes
interested in
neurophysiology
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Encyclopedic overview

David Hunter Hubel FRS (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.

Early life and education

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