When was Godfrey Hounsfield born?

Godfrey Hounsfield was born on 28 August 1919 in Sutton on Trent.

Where did Godfrey Hounsfield study?

Godfrey Hounsfield was educated at Magnus Church of England School, Faraday House.

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Godfrey Hounsfield

English electrical engineer (1919–2004)

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Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield ( HOWNZ-feeld; 28 August 1919 – 12 August 2004) was an English electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan MacLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of X-ray computed tomography (CT).

Quick facts

Born: 28 August 1919 wd
Place of birth: Sutton on Trent wd
Died: 12 August 2004 wd
Place of death: Kingston upon Thames wd
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland wd
Occupation: engineer, physicist wd
Education: Magnus Church of England School, Faraday House wd

Awards wd

Fellow of the Royal Society
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1979)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Canada Gairdner International Award (1976)
Howard N. Potts Medal (1977)
Wilhelm Exner Medal (1974)
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1975)
National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007)
X-ray badge (1980)
Knight Bachelor
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (1980)
Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1976)
John Scott Award (1977)
Mullard Award (1977)

About

His name is immortalised in the Hounsfield scale, a quantitative measure of radiodensity used in evaluating CT scans. The scale is defined in Hounsfield units (symbol HU), running from air at −1000 HU, through water at 0 HU, and up to dense cortical bone at +1000 HU and more.

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When was Godfrey Hounsfield born?: Godfrey Hounsfield was born on 28 August 1919 in Sutton on Trent.
Where did Godfrey Hounsfield study?: Godfrey Hounsfield was educated at Magnus Church of England School, Faraday House.

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