Georg von Békésy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Georg_von_Békésy
GPTKB entity
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gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Lasker-DeBakey_Clinical_Medical_Research_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1899-06-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Budapest
gptkbp:deathDate 1972-06-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Honolulu
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:University_of_Budapest
gptkb:University_of_Bern
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Hawaii
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:judge
biophysics
physiology
audiology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georg von Békésy
gptkbp:knownFor research on the function of the cochlea
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
Hungarian
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for his discoveries concerning the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1961
gptkbp:occupation chemist
physiologist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:National_Memorial_Cemetery_of_the_Pacific
gptkbp:spouse Alma von Békésy
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