Claude Beck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claude Beck

American cardiac surgeon and professor of cardiovascular surgery

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1894

Place of Birth: Shamokin, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1971

Profession: surgeon, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Claude Schaeffer Beck (November 8, 1894 – October 14, 1971) was a pioneer American cardiac surgeon, famous for innovating various cardiac surgery techniques, and performing the first defibrillation in 1947.
He was the first American professor of cardiovascular surgery, from 1952 through 1965.
Nominee for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1952.