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Dickinson W. Richards
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American physician, Nobel Prize recipient (1895-1973)
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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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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1956
“for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Richards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Orange
- Place of death
- Lakeville
- Occupation
- physiologist
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Dickinson W. Richards nobel.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1895-10-30
- date of death
- 1973-02-23
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Dickinson Woodruff Richards
- Commons category
- Dickinson W. Richards
- interested in
- physiology
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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