Allan MacLeod Cormack
Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a South African American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (along with Godfrey Hounsfield) for his work on X-ray computed tomography (CT), a significant and unusual achievement since Cormack did not hold a doctoral degree in any scientific field.
Allan MacLeod Cormack | |
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| Born | February 23, 1924 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Died | May 7, 1998 (aged 74) Winchester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Alma mater | Rondebosch Boys' High School University of Cape Town St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Computed tomography |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1979) National Medal of Science (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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