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Herbert Spencer Gasser

1888 - 1963

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Herbert Spencer Gasser (July 5, 1888 – May 11, 1963) was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, awarded jointly with Joseph Erlanger. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Spencer Gasser is the 112th most popular physician (down from 52nd in 2019), the 883rd most popular biography from United States (down from 455th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Physician.

Herbert Spencer Gasser is most famous for his work in the field of biochemistry. He was able to synthesize a molecule that was capable of breaking down the sugar molecule, sucrose, into its two component parts, glucose and fructose. This discovery led to the production of a number of artificial sweeteners, including aspartame.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 112 out of 726. Before him are Cornelius Jansen, Frederick Banting, Harvey J. Alter, Ctesias, Werner Forssmann, and James Parkinson. After him are Albert Sabin, Arvid Carlsson, Eric Kandel, Stanley Cohen, Alexandre Yersin, and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 35. Before him are Friedrich Olbricht, Andrei Tupolev, Gerrit Rietveld, Maurice Chevalier, Anton Makarenko, and Alexander Friedmann. After him are Richard E. Byrd, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Carin Göring, Georges Bernanos, Ossip Zadkine, and Katherine Mansfield. Among people deceased in 1963, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 27. Before him are Yasujirō Ozu, Józef Gosławski, Nâzım Hikmet, Carmen Amaya, Abd al-Karim Qasim, and J. D. Tippit. After him are Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jacques Hadamard, Richard Baer, Richard Barthelmess, Rajendra Prasad, and Theodore von Kármán.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 883 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard F. Heck (1931), Charles Bolden (1946), Paul Simon (1941), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Richard Meier (1934), and Robert R. Livingston (1746). After him are Don Johnson (1949), William Standish Knowles (1917), Frances E. Allen (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), David Koch (1940), and Jack Palance (1919).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Herbert Spencer Gasser ranks 10. Before him are William P. Murphy (1892), Harvey Cushing (1869), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), George Minot (1885), Michael DeBakey (1908), and Harvey J. Alter (1935). After him are Stanley Cohen (1922), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), William T. G. Morton (1819), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Drew Weissman (1959), and George Whipple (1878).

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