David H. Hubel

David H. Hubel
Hubel in 1992
Born
David Hunter Hubel

(1926-02-27)February 27, 1926
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
DiedSeptember 22, 2013(2013-09-22) (aged 87)
Lincoln, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican-Canadian[3]
Alma materMcGill University
Known forVisual system
Spouse
Ruth Izzard
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(m. 1953)​
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNeurophysiologist
Institutions

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.[4][5][6] In 1983, Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[7]

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  2. ^ Wurtz, Robert H. (2016). "David Hunter Hubel. 27 February 1926 — 22 September 2013". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 62. London: Royal Society: 233–246. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0022.
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  4. ^ Hubel, D. H.; Wiesel, T. N. (1959). "Receptive fields of single neurones in the cat's striate cortex". The Journal of Physiology. 124 (3): 574–591. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006308. PMC 1363130. PMID 14403679.
  5. ^ Hubel, D. H.; Wiesel, T. N. (1962). "Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex". The Journal of Physiology. 160 (45): 106–154. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1962.sp006837. PMC 1359523. PMID 14449617.
  6. ^ Livingstone, M.; Hubel, D. (1988). "Segregation of form, color, movement, and depth: Anatomy, physiology, and perception". Science. 240 (4853): 740–749. Bibcode:1988Sci...240..740L. doi:10.1126/science.3283936. PMID 3283936.
  7. ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.