George Wald
George Wald (November 18, 1906 – April 12, 1997) was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
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George Wald in 1987 | |
| Born | George Wald November 18, 1906 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 1997 (aged 90) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University Columbia University |
| Known for | Pigments in the retina Wald's visual cycle |
| Spouses |
Ruth Hubbard (m. 1958) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (1939) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1953) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1967) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neurobiology |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of Chicago |
In 1970, Wald predicted that “civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”
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