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Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini · Kurt Hagblom , Firma Hagblom-Foto, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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Rita Levi-Montalcini

1909 – 2012 · aged 103

Italian neurologist (1909–2012)

Born
22 Apr 1909 · Turin
Died
30 Dec 2012 · Rome
Part ofItaly753 BCE – todayKingdom of Italy1785 – 1946Judaism74 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 118 years
  1. 22 Apr 1909BornBorn in Turin
  2. 1969AwardFeltrinelli Prize
  3. 1981AwardRosenstiel Award
  4. 1983AwardLouisa Gross Horwitz Prize
  5. 1985AwardRalph W. Gerard Prize
  6. 1986AwardCommander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  7. 1986AwardAlbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  8. 1986AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  9. 1987AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  10. 1987AwardNational Medal of Science
  11. 1990AwardGold medal of the Spanish National Research Council
  12. 1995AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
  13. 2001 – 2012RoleItalian senator for life
  14. 2008AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
  15. 30 Dec 2012DiedDied in Rome

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1909 – 2012).

  1. 1914 – 1918World War I
  2. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  3. 1917Balfour Declaration
  4. 1917February Revolution
  5. 1917October Revolution
  6. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  7. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  8. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  9. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  10. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  11. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  12. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  13. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1938Munich Agreement
  15. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  16. 1939 – 1945World War II
  17. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  18. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  19. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  20. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  21. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  22. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  23. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  24. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  26. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  27. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  29. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  30. 1956Suez Crisis
  31. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  33. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  35. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  37. 1968Prague Spring
  38. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  39. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  40. 19741974 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Rita Levi-Montalcini (born Rita Levi; 22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian neurobiologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF).

From 2001 until her death, she also served in the Italian Senate as a senator for life. This honor was given due to her significant scientific contributions. On 22 April 2009, she became the first Nobel laureate to reach the age of 100, and the event was feted with a party at Rome's City Hall.

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