Dickinson W. Richards, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dickinson W. Richards

American physician

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1895

Place of Birth: Orange, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1973

Profession: physician, physiologist, internist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr.
(October 30, 1895 – February 23, 1973) was an American physician and physiologist.
He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases.