- Allvar Gullstrand
Infobox Scientist
name = Allvar Gullstrand
imagesize = 180px
caption = Allvar Gullstrand
birth_date =June 5 1862
birth_place =Landskrona
death_date =July 28 1930
death_place =Stockholm
nationality =Sweden
field =ophthalmology
work_institutions =University of Uppsala
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prizes =Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1911 Allvar Gullstrand (June 5 1862 inLandskrona –July 28 1930 inStockholm ) was a Swedishophthalmologist .He was professor (1894–1927) successively of eye therapy and of
optics at theUniversity 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 theNobel 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 acataract from the eye.He is interred in
Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.References
* [http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1911/gullstrand-bio.html Nobel biography]
* [http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1911/gullstrand-lecture.html Nobel lecture]
* [http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1911/gullstrand-speech.html Allvar Gullstrand's speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1911]External links
* [http://nobelprize.org/nobel/stamps/1971.html Nobel stamps]
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