Dickinson W. Richards
American physician, Nobel Prize recipient (1895-1973)
Key facts
- Born
- Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. , October 30, 1895 ( 1895-10-30 ) , Orange, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- February 23, 1973 (1973-02-23) (aged 77), Lakeville, Connecticut , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Yale University ( BA ), Columbia University ( MA , MD )
- Known for
- cardiac catheterization
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956
- Fields
- Physiology
- Institutions
- Columbia University , Bellevue Hospital , Presbyterian Hospital
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Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. (October 30, 1895 – February 23, 1973) was an American physician and physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases.
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