Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Spanish neuroscientist

Date of Birth: 01-May-1852

Place of Birth: Petilla de Aragón, Navarre, Spain

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1934

Profession: photographer, physician, politician, professor, chemist, neurologist, pathologist, anatomist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Spanish: [san'tja?o ra'mon i ka'xal]; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, specializing in neuroanatomy, particularly the histology of the central nervous system.
He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906, with Ramón y Cajal thereby becoming the first person of Spanish origin to win a scientific Nobel Prize.
His original investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain made him a pioneer of modern neuroscience.
Hundreds of his drawings illustrating the delicate arborizations ("tree growing") of brain cells are still in use for educational and training purposes.