
Person
Ulf von Euler
1905 – 1983 · aged 78
Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist (1905–1983)
- Born
- 7 Feb 1905 · Stockholm
- Died
- 9 Mar 1983 · Stockholm
Part ofSweden800 CE – today
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Showing 90 years
- 7 Feb 1905BornBorn in Stockholm
- 1953AwardCarl-Ludwig Honorary Medal
- 1961AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
- 1962AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Dijon
- 1968AwardSchmiedeberg Badge
- 1970AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1971AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
- 1973AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 9 Mar 1983DiedDied in Stockholm
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1905 – 1983).
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 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.
Text from the Wikipedia article Ulf von Euler, CC BY-SA 4.0
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