David H. Hubel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David H. Hubel

Canadian neurophysiologist

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1926

Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 22-Sep-2013

Profession: physician, neurologist, university teacher, neuroscientist

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

David Hunter Hubel (February 27, 1926 – September 22, 2013) was a Canadian American neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex.
He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with Roger W.
Sperry), for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.
For much of his career, Hubel was the John Franklin Enders University Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
In 1978, Hubel and Wiesel were awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.