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Peter Mansfield

1933-10-09 – 2017-02-08

Life & Legacy

Sir Peter Mansfield (9 October 1933 – 8 February 2017) was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Mansfield was a professor at the University of Nottingham.

Occupation & Career

physicist, inventor, university teacher, biophysicist

Education

Queen Mary University of London

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Fellow of the Royal Society; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; National Inventors Hall of Fame; Knight Bachelor; honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow; Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize; honorary doctor of Louis Pasteur University; Mullard Award; NMR 'diffraction' in solids?; Multi-planar image formation using NMR spin echoes

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize · Fellow of the Royal Society · honorary doctor of Louis Pasteur University · honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow · Knight Bachelor · Mullard Award · National Inventors Hall of Fame · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Employer

University of Nottingham

Organizations & Memberships

National Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London

Notable Work

Multi-planar image formation using NMR spin echoes · NMR 'diffraction' in solids?

Education & Institutions

Queen Mary University of London

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q243601 — wikidata View source

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