Science · 1900–1991
Ragnar Granit — Age, Birthday & Biography
Born: 30 October 1900 · Died: 12 March 1991 · Age at death: 90
How old was Ragnar Granit when he died?
Ragnar Granit died aged 90. He was born on 30 October 1900 and died on 12 March 1991.
Nobel Prize-winning neurophysiologist who studied how the eyes process light
Did you know?Although he spent much of his life in Sweden, he became the first person from Finland to receive a Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Ragnar Arthur Granit (30 October 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a Finnish and Swedish neurophysiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 along with Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye".
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- Age at death
- 90
- Would be
- 125
- Years since death
- 35
- Born
- October 30, 1900 · Riihimäki, Finland
- Died
- March 12, 1991
- Nationality
- Finnish
- Known for
- Science
Family
- Father
- Arthur Vilhelm Granit
- Mother
- Bertie Malmberg
- Child
- Michael Granit
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- See the front page from the day Ragnar Granit was bornA newspaper front page for 30 October 1900, styled like the papers of the time, with headlines and famous birthdays from that day.Birthday newspaper
- Would-be age todayRagnar Granit would be 125 years old today. See how many birthdays they would have celebrated.Age
- Birth anniversaryRagnar Granit's 126th birthday is in 5 days. If it's your birthday too, it's a double celebration!126th
- Death anniversaryThe 36th anniversary of Ragnar Granit's death is in 138 days. A moment to remember their legacy.36th
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