Allvar Gullstrand
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| Born | 5 July 1862 Landskrona, Sweden |
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| Died | 28 July 1930 (aged 68) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Fields | ophthalmology |
| Institutions | University of Uppsala |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1911 |
Allvar Gullstrand (5 June 1862, – 28 July 1930) was a Swedish ophthalmologist.
Born at Landskrona, Sweden, Gullstrand was professor (1894–1927) successively of eye therapy and of optics at the University of Uppsala. He applied the methods of physical mathematics to the study of optical images and of the refraction of light in the eye. For this work he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1911.
Gullstrand is noted also for his research on astigmatism and for improving the ophthalmoscope and corrective lenses for use after removal of a cataract from the eye.
Gullstrand died in Stockholm and is interred there at Norra begravningsplatsen.
- Nobel biography
- Nobel lecture
- Allvar Gullstrand's speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1911
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