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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979
Allan M. Cormack, Godfrey N. Hounsfield

Allan M. Cormack - Facts

Allan M. Cormack

Allan M. Cormack

Born: 23 February 1924, Johannesburg, South Africa

Died: 7 May 1998, Winchester, MA, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA

Prize motivation: "for the development of computer assisted tomography"

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