# Torsten Wiesel

_Swedish neuroscientist_

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> Torsten Nils Wiesel is a Swedish neurophysiologist. With David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 3 June 1924 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271421#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Uppsala ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271421#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Sweden; United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271421#P27))
- **Occupation:** academic; lecturer; neurologist; neurobiologist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271421#P106))
- **Education:** Karolinska Institutet ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271421#P69))
- **Spouse:** Jean Stein ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271421#P26))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; National Medal of Science; Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize; Dickson Prize in Medicine; Rosenstiel Award; Karl Spencer Lashley Award; Sharpey-Schafer Lecture and Prize; Neuronal Plasticity Prize; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; Ralph W. Gerard Prize; Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine; Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271421#P166))

## Questions

**When was Torsten Wiesel born?**  
Torsten Wiesel was born on 3 June 1924 in Uppsala.

**Where did Torsten Wiesel study?**  
Torsten Wiesel was educated at Karolinska Institutet.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Torsten Wiesel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Wiesel) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q271421](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271421) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Torsten Wiesel-7Nov2006.jpg by Festival della Scienza (CC BY-SA 2.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torsten_Wiesel-7Nov2006.jpg)

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