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Dickinson W. Richards

Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

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Born
October 30, 1895
Died
February 23, 1973
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1895

About Dickinson W. Richards

Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. 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. Shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Recognized for work on heart catheterization and circulatory-system pathology. The Nobel work concerned heart catheterization and circulatory-system pathology. Richards shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andre Cournand and Werner Forssmann.

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Dickinson W. Richards timeline

  1. Shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  2. Richards shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andre Cournand and Werner Forssmann.

The world when Dickinson W. Richards was born

Dickinson W. Richards was born in 1895. 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.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Dickinson W. Richards's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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