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Haldan Keffer Hartline

1903 - 1983

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Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 – March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a co-recipient (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Haldan Keffer Hartline is the 131st most popular physician (down from 98th in 2019), the 1,052nd most popular biography from United States (down from 715th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Haldan Keffer Hartline ranks 131 out of 726. Before him are Aribert Heim, Hans Selye, Amenmesse, Elizabeth Blackwell, Robin Warren, and William T. G. Morton. After him are Drew Weissman, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Hans Asperger, George Whipple, Baruj Benacerraf, and Francis Peyton Rous.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Haldan Keffer Hartline ranks 42. Before him are Irène Némirovsky, John Eccles, The French Angel, Alec Douglas-Home, Bing Crosby, and Jiro Horikoshi. After him are Igor Kurchatov, Matthias Sindelar, Claudette Colbert, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Julius Fučík, and Abul A'la Maududi. Among people deceased in 1983, Haldan Keffer Hartline ranks 25. Before him are Roy Sullivan, Raymond Aron, Ulf von Euler, Meyer Lansky, Alfred Tarski, and George Cukor. After him are Anna Seghers, Aleksandar Ranković, Gloria Swanson, George O. Abell, Luis Monti, and Mercè Rodoreda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Haldan Keffer Hartline ranks 1,052 out of 20,380. Before him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Charlie Sheen (1965), Jesse Livermore (1877), Little Richard (1932), William T. G. Morton (1819), and Arthur Kornberg (1918). After him are Douglass North (1920), René Auberjonois (1940), Chester Bennington (1976), Gertrude Ederle (1905), David Bohm (1992), and Joe Morton (1947).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Haldan Keffer Hartline ranks 14. Before him are Michael DeBakey (1908), Harvey J. Alter (1935), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Stanley Cohen (1922), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), and William T. G. Morton (1819). After him are Drew Weissman (1959), George Whipple (1878), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Dickinson W. Richards (1895), George H. Hitchings (1905), and William Kaelin Jr. (1957).

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