Ulf von Euler
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Person

Ulf von Euler

1905 – 1983 · aged 78

Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist (1905–1983)

Born
7 Feb 1905 · Stockholm
Died
9 Mar 1983 · Stockholm

Life timeline

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

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  1. 7 Feb 1905BornBorn in Stockholm
  2. 1953AwardCarl-Ludwig Honorary Medal
  3. 1961AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
  4. 1962AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Dijon
  5. 1968AwardSchmiedeberg Badge
  6. 1970AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  7. 1971AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  8. 1973AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
  9. 9 Mar 1983DiedDied in Stockholm

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1905 – 1983).

  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

Ulf Svante von Euler (7 February 1905 – 9 March 1983) was a Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 for his work on neurotransmitters.

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