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Ragnar Granit

1900-10-30 – 1991-03-12

Ragnar Granit, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1967Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Ragnar Arthur Granit (30 October 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a Finnish and Swedish neurophysiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 along with Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye". Granit carried out fundamental research on the retina and the physiological mechanisms of colour vision at the University of Helsinki, and later investigated the neural control of movement at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Occupation & Career

neuroscientist, physician, pedagogue, university teacher, physiologist, neurologist

Education

University of Helsinki; Svenska normallyceum

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Björkén Prize; honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; Statsrådet Mauritz Hallberg's prize; Silliman Memorial Lectures; Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland; Cross of Liberty, 4th Class; Royal Order of the Seraphim; Commander of the Order of the Polar Star; Knight of the Order of the Polar Star

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Björkén Prize · Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland · Commander of the Order of the Polar Star · Cross of Liberty, 4th Class · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong · Knight of the Order of the Polar Star · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine · Royal Order of the Seraphim · Silliman Memorial Lectures · Statsrådet Mauritz Hallberg's prize

Employer

Karolinska Institutet

Organizations & Memberships

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences