Top 20 Physiologist celebrities in United States
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Physiologist celebrities [Updated June 3, 2023].
William Beaumont was born
on November 21, 1785
in United States.
He published Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion in 1838. A highway is named after him in his hometown of Lebanon.
Herbert Spencer Gasser was born
on July 5, 1888
in Platteville, United States.
His scientific breakthroughs, conducted under the guidance of his mentor Joseph Erlanger, helped future generations of doctors figure out the mechanisms behind pain and reflexes.
Harvey Fletcher was born
on September 11, 1884
in Provo, United States.
'Father of stereophonic sound' who became a leading authority on how humans hear, and how sound devices should be made. He was President of the American Physical Society and was only the second ever honorary fellow of Acoustical Society of America, after Thomas Edison.
His findings on human speech, hearing and music, which revolutionized the transmission and playing of sound, were summed up in his influential 1922 text Speech and Hearing.
Alfred Hershey was born
on December 4, 1908
in United States.
He became the director of the Carnegie Institution in 1962.
Robert Ledley was born
on June 28, 1926
in United States.
In 1960 he established the National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), a non-profit research organization which advocated computers and electronic equipment in biomedical research.
Linda B Buck was born
on January 29, 1947
in United States.
After completing postdoctoral work at Columbia University, she began teaching neurobiology courses at Harvard. She later accepted an academic appointment at her alma mater, the University of Washington.
Kiki Sanford was born
on August 1, 1974
in Santa Rosa, United States.
She co-created a pilot for a TV show called The Skeptologists.
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