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Peter Mansfield
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English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging
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Sir Peter Mansfield was a notable figure recognized in several prestigious collections, including the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, and the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection. He was associated with the Nobel Prize, where he received one award.
Born on October 9, 1933, Mansfield passed away on February 8, 2017. His academic connections are reflected in an Erdős number of 9.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2003
“for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Mansfield
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Lambeth
- Place of death
- Nottingham
- Occupation
- biophysicist
- Educated at
- Queen Mary University of London
- Employer
- University of Nottingham
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- physiology
- Image
- Peter Mansfield Leipzig.jpg
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- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1933-10-09
- Commons category
- Peter Mansfield
- Erdős number
- 9
- date of death
- 2017-02-08
- name in native language
- Peter Mansfield
- place of burial
- Beeston
- interested in
- physics
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Peter Mansfield FRS (9 October 1933 – 8 February 2017) was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Mansfield was a professor at the University of Nottingham.
Early life
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