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Robert Bárány

Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)

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Born
April 22, 1876
Died
April 8, 1936
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1876

About Robert Bárány

Robert Bárány was an Austrian-born otologist. He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is said to have been first described in medical texts by Bárány. When his Nobel Prize was awarded in 1914, Bárány was in a Russian prisoner of war camp. Bárány was then able to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in 1916, where he was awarded his prize.

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Robert Bárány timeline

  1. When his Nobel Prize was awarded in 1914, Bárány was in a Russian prisoner of war camp.
  2. Bárány was then able to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in 1916, where he was awarded his prize.

The world when Robert Bárány was born

Robert Bárány was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
  • Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
  • Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Notable inventionTelephone
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

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Measure18762026
Population43.4M341 million

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