| 43rd | Top Uppsala University people |
| Allvar Gullstrand | |
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| Born | 5
June 1862 Landskrona, Sweden |
| Died | 28
July 1930 (aged 68) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Fields | ophthalmology |
| Institutions | University of Uppsala |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1911 |
Allvar Gullstrand (5 June 1862, – 28 July 1930) was a Swedish ophthalmologist.
Born at Landskrona, Sweden, Gullstrand was professor (1894–1927) successively of eye therapy and of optics at the University of Uppsala. He applied the methods of physical mathematics to the study of optical images and of the refraction of light in the eye. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1911.
Gullstrand is noted also for his research on astigmatism and for improving the ophthalmoscope and corrective lenses for use after removal of a cataract from the eye.
He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905, and served on the Academy's Prize Committee for Physics. While serving on the committee, he used his position to block Einstein from receiving a Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of relativity, which Allvar believed to be wrong. [1]
Gullstrand died in Stockholm and is interred there at Norra begravningsplatsen.
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| Born | June 5, 1862 Landskrona, Sweden |
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| Died | July 28, 1930 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Field | Ophthalmology |
| Institutions | Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Notable prizes | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1911) |
Allvar Gullstrand (June 5, 1862 - July 28, 1930) was a Swedish opthalmologist (eye doctor).[1] He won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on light refraction and the eye.[2]
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   | Allvar Gullstrand's speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1911 - Allvar Gullstrand - Banquet Speech |
| | Nobel lecture - Allvar Gullstrand - Nobel Lecture |
| | Nobel biography - Allvar Gullstrand - Biography |
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