David H. Hubel

Canadian neurophysiologist
Person human Q295644

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[36]
Date of birth
February 27, 1926
Date of death
September 22, 2013
Place of birth
Windsor
Place of death
Lincoln
Country of citizenship
Canada, United States[10][11]
Field of work
neurophysiology[12]
Doctoral student
Carla J. Shatz[37]
Cause of death
kidney failure[38]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[43]
Family name
Hubel[39]
Interested in
neurophysiology[45]
Manner of death
natural causes[42]
Name in native language
David Hunter Hubel[44]
P14541
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🏷️ Also known as
en David Hunter Hubel en D. H. Hubel en D H Hubel en Hubel DH en D. Hubel en D Hubel en D H HUBEL en David H. Hubel en David Hubel ar ديفيد هوبل cs David Hubel cs David Hunter Hubel da D H HUBEL de David Hunter Hubel de David Hubel de D H HUBEL es David H Hubel es David H. Hubel fa دیوید اچ هابل fi David Hubel
🔖 Identifiers · 68
VIAF cluster ID
84822311
Library of Congress authority ID
n87859340
GND ID
13695992X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
DHUBEL.jpg ↗
AE member ID
Hubel_David
Academic Tree ID
112
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151060125
Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIU Santé person ID
8282
BabelNet ID
00025384n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119078749
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ID
2016.0022
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DBLP author ID
148/0304
DDB person (GND) ID
13695992X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13695992X
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
497549, 534597
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/David-Hunter-Hubel
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
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FAST ID
205032
FactGrid item ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
117559874
Freebase ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
david-hunter-hubel
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0464527
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
David_H._Hubel, David_Hunter_Hubel
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4672767
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
26571
IdRef ID
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Interlingual Index ID
i95609
KBR person ID
14527879
Leopoldina member ID (new)
david-h-hubel
Libris-URI
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Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
02905/eu_h_2937/h2937
Munzinger person ID
00000016464
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02585040
NL CR AUT ID
nlk20010095372
NUKAT ID
n2003098770
NYRB contributor ID
david-h-hubel
National Academy of Sciences member ID
54354
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007460156905171
National Library of Latvia ID
000071946
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074133519
Nobel Laureate API ID
423
Notable Names Database ID
226/000131830
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3913054
OpenMLOL author ID
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Our Campaigns candidate ID
200204
Prabook ID
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Proleksis enciklopedija ID
27270
SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Scopus author ID
7005243556
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
david-hunter-hubel
Wellcome Collection concept ID
t3f59dh7
WikiTree person ID
Hubel-81
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11083939-n
WorldCat Entities ID
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Summary

David H. Hubel was born on February 27, 1926[1], in Windsor[2]. He died on September 22, 2013[3], in Lincoln[4]. He worked as a physician[5], neuroscientist[6], university teacher[7], and neurologist[8].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Carla J. Shatz[46], a neurobiologist[47], b. 1947[48], of United States[49], awarded the Gruber Prize in Neuroscience[50], specialised in neurobiology[51].

FAQs

Where was David H. Hubel born?

David H. Hubel's place of birth was Windsor[2].

Where did David H. Hubel die?

David H. Hubel passed away in Lincoln[4].

What did David H. Hubel do for work?

David H. Hubel worked as a physician[5], neuroscientist[6], university teacher[7], and neurologist[8].

Where did David H. Hubel go to school?

David H. Hubel was educated at McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences[15].

What awards did David H. Hubel receive?

Honors received include Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize[16], Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine[17], Dickson Prize in Medicine[18], and Rosenstiel Award[19].

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  20. [21] ↑ . Laureates of The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. cdnmedhall.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . Complete List of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007. wikidata.org.
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  37. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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